Author Question: In her classic study of gist and verbatim memory (using a passage about Galileo), Sachs (1967) found ... (Read 47 times)

kwoodring · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

In her classic study of gist and verbatim memory (using a passage about Galileo), Sachs (1967) found that:

a) gist and verbatim memory decline at about the same rate.
b) over any given delay, gist memory declines more than verbatim memory.
c) over any given delay, verbatim memory declines more than gist memory.
d) at no point in time (even after initial presentation) could participants reliably recognize a sentence verbatim.

Question 2

Greg had such a bad night out at the bar that he decided to buy a new cue stick. The inference that Greg had a bad night because he shot billiards poorly is a ________.

This inferred fact ________ represented as
prominently as if it had actually been presented.
a) a bridging inference; would not be
b) an elaborative inference; would not be
c) a bridging inference; would be
d) an elaborative inference; would be