Nickerson and Adams (1979) Asked People to Recognize the "Real

question 63

Multiple Choice

Nickerson and Adams (1979) asked people to recognize the "real" penny (i.e., how an actually penny appears) from a number of close distractors.They found that:

• A)people show good memory for pennies because they are familiar objects.
• B)their study was flawed because most of their participants did not have much experience with money.
• C)only those participants with strong visual imagery confused the penny with the nickel.
• D)participants had a difficult time recognizing the correct penny among the distractors.

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