Which Statement Is an Accurate Description of the Findings of Brewer

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which statement is an accurate description of the findings of Brewer and Treyens' (1981) office schema experiment?

• A) Participants were more likely to recall items that are commonly found in an office if they worked in an office building.
• B) When asked to name items found in an office,participants named larger items first.
• C) When university faculty members were asked to describe their offices,the men were better at describing where items were located,while women were able to list more of the items found in their offices.
• D) Participants shown an office and then asked to describe what was in it tend to remember those items that are consistent with their schema for an office.

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