Miller and Isard Presented Listeners with Grammatical Sentences ("Gadgets Simplify

question 33

Multiple Choice

 Miller and Isard presented listeners with grammatical sentences ("Gadgets simplify work around the house") ; ungrammatical word strings ("Between gadgets highways passengers the steal") , and anomalous sentences ("Gadgets kill passengers from the eyes") . The results showed that the listener's ability to accurately report the phrase was _____.

• A) highest for the grammatical condition, followed by ungrammatical, and then anomalous
• B) highest for the grammatical condition, followed by anomalous, and then ungrammatical
• C) the same for grammatical and anomalous, which were both better than ungrammatical
• D) the same for all three conditions