Many studies of short-term memory and working memory have subjects engage in a task of some sort during the time between presentation of the material to be remembered and measurement of recall or recognition.
What is the purpose of the intervening task?
a) To prevent rehearsa
b) To allow consolidation
c) To prevent interference
d) To allow decay
Question 2
Abnormal psychology research investigating phenomena of psychological pathology (such as schizophrenia) must often use which research design?
a) Ex post fact
b) Qualitative
c) True experiment
d) Independent-groups
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