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tiffannnnyyyyyy

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People are presented with 16 digits, read one at a time. The last digit is a repetition of a previous digit. A person is to report the number that followed the repeated digit when it was presented for the first time.
 
  The name for this task is the __________ task.
  a. digit span
  b. Brown-Peterson
  c. probedigit
  d. Sternberg

Question 2

The initial interpretation of the results from the Brown-Peterson task was that short-term memory forgetting was caused by a(n) __________ process.
 
  a. decay
  b. interference
  c. suppression
  d. articulatory



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Answer to Question 1

Correct: c

Answer to Question 2

Correct: a



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