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rmenurse

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Kintsch & Bates (1977) gave a surprise recognition test to students two or five days after a classroom lecture. Which was NOT true?
 
  a. Verbatim memory was worse at five days than at two days.
  b. Students were better at rejecting jokes not told than rejecting jokes that were told.
  c. Memory details were better than general statements.
  d. Ones were remembered better than twos.

Question 2

Someone tells you about an event she experienced. Later, you try to remember just what was said. According to research, such as that by Sachs (1967), you are most likely to recall __________.
 
  a. the general gist of what was said, but not the exact wording
  b. what was told to you verbatim
  c. a lot of errors, apart from what actually happened
  d. your desire to tell other people about the event



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a



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