If the Most Recent Theories Regarding the Capacity of Short-Term

question 46

Multiple Choice

If the most recent theories regarding the capacity of short-term memory are correct, then ________.

• A) five sentences should be easier to remember than five words
• B) five sentences should be as difficult to remember as five words
• C) five sentences should be more difficult to remember than five words
• D) five sentences and five words should both be easier to remember than five letters, because the words and sentences both have inherent meaning

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Standard Deviation

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Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in the set deviate from the mean.