In a Memory Experiment, Participants Were Shown a Form That

question 20

Multiple Choice

In a memory experiment, participants were shown a form that could be interpreted in more than one way. Half the participants were told, "Here is a picture of the sun." The other participants were told, "Here is a picture of a ship's steering wheel." Sometime later, participants were asked to draw the exact form they had seen earlier. The data indicate that

• A) participants' visual memories were distinct from their verbal memories, so participants were uninfluenced by the labels.
• B) participants' drawings were biased in a fashion that reflected the labels that they had been given earlier.
• C) the labels had called attention to the ambiguity of the figures, leading to improved memory accuracy.
• D) participants were able to remember only the labels, not the drawings.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

An automatic and natural response to an unconditioned stimulus, not learned through previous experience, typical in classical conditioning scenarios.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus that occurs because of previous conditioning, distinguished from unconditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

An Unconditioned Stimulus is any stimulus that naturally triggers a response without any prior learning or conditioning.