In a Classic Experiment by Crowder and Roediger (1976), People

question 25

Multiple Choice

In a classic experiment by Crowder and Roediger (1976) , people were asked to retrieve as many U.S.presidents as they could think of.They found that:

• A)people's memory of U.S.presidents was consistent with their political leanings.
• B)most people could not name any presidents, suggesting that Americans need to spend more time learning history.
• C)participants showed both a primacy effect and a recency effect.
• D)many participants erroneously reported both Benjamin Franklin and Winston Churchill as U.S.presidents.

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