When Psychologists Ask Research Participants to Remember Combinations of Letters

question 228

Multiple Choice

When psychologists ask research participants to remember combinations of letters (such as TJD) , why might they have participants engage in strange tasks such as counting backward by threes?

• A) Counting backward prevents rehearsal, so researchers can see how long an unrehearsed memory trace will last.
• B) Researchers try to make the participants forget.
• C) Counting backward can facilitate episodic binding.
• D) Researchers are actually interested in backward-counting ability.

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