A Sudden,loud Noise Often Has the Impact of Distracting Participants

question 64

Multiple Choice

A sudden,loud noise often has the impact of distracting participants long enough to clear the contents of working memory.Imagine that participants hear a list of the names of 20 different fruits,followed by an unexpected loud noise.The effect of the noise will be

• A)a diminished primacy effect but no impact on how well the other words in the list are remembered.
• B)diminished performance for the entire list.
• C)a diminished recency effect and a diminished primacy effect but no impact on how well the other words on the list are remembered.
• D)a diminished recency effect but no impact on how well the other words in the list are remembered.

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