Bransford and Johnson performed an experiment where subjects…
Bransford and Johnson performed an experiment where subjects listened to a story that was about a man on a road singing to his girlfriend who was in a tall structure. The way the story was worded made it challenging to comprehend, however, if they saw a picture illustrating the scene before reading the story, it was easier to remember the story. This demonstrates the impact of ____ in creating strong long-term memories.
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In the Brooks (1968) study two tasks (verbal and spatial) and two responses (verbal and spatial) were used. The time to complete each task depended on the relationship between each verbal and spatial task/response pair. What does this indicate?
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Imagine that an experimenter shows you a list of words on a screen, and that you need to study the words for a memory test. While you see and study the list the experimenter also asks you to continually repeat the word “psychology” out loud. What will happen to your memory performance?
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