Ira Is Asked to Remember the Order of a Previously

question 24

Multiple Choice

Ira is asked to remember the order of a previously presented list of words;the experimenter asks him to recall the words immediately after hearing them.Devon is asked to remember the same list,but his recall is delayed by 20 seconds after the list presentation;during that time,Devon is given no other task to form.We would expect

• A)little or no difference between Devon's performance and Ira's.
• B)that Devon would have poorer memory for the list's early words but better memory for words presented later in the list.
• C)that Devon would have better memory for the entire list.
• D)that Devon would have poor memory for words at the end of the list.