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Mr. Wonderful

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Suppose you are participating in a study, in which stimuli are flashed on a screen. Following the presentation of the first stimulus, a second stimulus is presented in the same location on the screen and it effectively erases the original stimulus. This is called ____.
 
  a. stimulus blocking
 b. synesthesia
 c. sketchpad clearing
 d. backward visual masking

Question 2

During his experiments studying iconic store, Sperling would flash an array of stimuli (e.g., letters and/or numbers) for approximately 50 milliseconds on a screen. If participants are then asked to recall symbols presented on the third row, they would be performing a(n) ____ procedure.
 
  a. backward masking
  b. forward masking
 c. partial-report
 d. whole-report



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c



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