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sjones

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A study by Roediger and Karpicke (2006) had subjects either study a prose passage four separate times (the SSSS group), or study the prose passage one time, then take three tests on the material (the STTT group). The results of this study were that
 
  a) there was no difference between the groups at the immediate memory test, but at the delayed memory test,
   the SSSS group had better memory
   b ) the STTT group had better memory on the immediate memory test, but at the delayed memory test, there
   was no difference between the groups
   c) when memory was tested almost immediately, the SSSS group had better memory
   d) when memory was tested almost immediately, the STTT group had better memory

Question 2

If I show one group of subjects a list of phrases, such as break the toothpick, and then had a second group of subjects actually perform the actions, which group would be more likely to remember the action phrases?
 
  a) the group that studied the verbal phrases
   b) the group that performed the actions
   c) they would remember the phrases about the same
   d) the verbal group on a recall test; the action group on a recognition test



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b



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