Using the Partial Report Method, Sperling Found the Capacity of Iconic

question 17

Multiple Choice

Using the partial report method, Sperling found the capacity of iconic memory to be around ________.

• A) four or five items
• B) nine or ten items
• C) all the letters present
• D) one to two items

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Definitions:

Percentage Point

A unit of measurement used in expressing the difference between two percentages or proportion values.

Seasonally Adjusted

A statistical technique used to remove seasonal variations from data to reveal underlying trends.

Unemployment Rate

The proportion of the workforce that is unemployed and actively looking for work.

Slope

The measure of the steepness or incline of a line, indicating the rate at which y changes with respect to x in a coordinate system.