Wollen, Weber, and Lowry (1972) Asked Participants to Use Bizarre

question 73

Multiple Choice

Wollen, Weber, and Lowry (1972) asked participants to use bizarre interactive imagery in the learning of new paired associates, such as piano-cigar.They found that:

• A)bizarre imagery was distracting and led to poor performance.
• B)bizarre imagery led to bad dreams later in the day.
• C)the interacting images, even if not bizarre, led to the best memory recall relative to non-interacting images or rote encoding.
• D)rote encoding led to the best memory performance.

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