An Experimenter Presents a Small Amount of Information to a Participant

question 58

Multiple Choice

An experimenter presents a small amount of information to a participant and then immediately distracts her from rehearsal by asking her to count backwards from 100 by 3s. This task would be MOST useful in studying _____.

• A) sensory memory capacity
• B) sensory memory duration
• C) short-term memory capacity
• D) short-term memory duration

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Definitions:

Voter Preferences

The individual choices or inclinations of voters towards candidates, political parties, or policy issues, which guide their decisions in elections.

Special-Interest Effect

The phenomenon where policy decisions disproportionately benefit a small, particular group at the expense of the general public.

Free-Rider Problem

A situation where individuals consume a good or service without contributing to its cost, often leading to underprovision of that good.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they can be used simultaneously by more than one person without diminishing availability to others.