If You Were Asked to Recall a Five-Item List of Two-Syllable

question 17

Multiple Choice

If you were asked to recall a five-item list of two-syllable words and then a five-item list of five-syllable words,what would be the likely outcome?

• A) The outcome cannot be predicted since neither list length nor word length influence recall.
• B) You would recall an equal number of words from each list since it is the absolute number of items that determines span.
• C) You would recall more of the longer words.
• D) You would recall fewer longer words.