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nramada

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If the display 7-3-6-9-4 is presented in a Sternberg paradigm and a research participant is asked to indicate if the digit 3 is in the set, his or her reaction time should be:
 
  A) equal to that for 6
  B) twice as fast as that for 6
  C) shorter than that for 7
  D) shorter than that for 5
  E) none of the above

Question 2

In the study by Waugh and Norman examining primary memory which of the following is NOT true?
 
  A) research participants were required to recall the digit occurring prior to the probe digit
  B) the last digit was a probe that had occurred earlier in the list
  C) the probe digit was accompanied with a tone
  D) recall was more difficult when the probe occurred early in the list
  E) research participants read lists of sixteen digits



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

E





 

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