Why Were Nonsense Syllables Used in the Earliest Studies of Forgetting

question 319

Multiple Choice

Why were nonsense syllables used in the earliest studies of forgetting?

• A) so that the stimulus materials were simple enough that even children could read and remember them
• B) so that cross-cultural comparisons of memory could be investigated using speakers of different languages
• C) so that the material did not have preexisting associations in memory
• D) to reduce retroactive interference

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