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In the paired-associate method,

A) participants memorize a list of nonsense syllables and must recall them in the same order as they appeared on the list.
B) participants must memorize a list of words and then recall them in whatever order they can.
C) participants are asked to generate a list of words associated with a word presented to them by the experimenter.
D) participants learn pairs of words (e.g., light - car) and are later asked to recall the second word of each pair (e.g., car) after being presented with the first word of the pair (e.g., light) .

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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According to Jenkin's (1979) tetrahedral model of memory experiments, researchers make choices along _______ dimensions.

A) two
B) four
C) five
D) eight

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Distinguish between explicit and implicit memory, and between short-term and long-term memory. Describe a task used by experimental psychologists to investigate each type of memory.

Discuss advantages and disadvantages of using multifactor designs.

Based on Scarborough's (1972) results we can conclude that forgetting is greater for auditory than for visual presentation.

On an implicit word fragment completion test, 47 percent of the fragments in the studied condition were completed and 23 percent of fragments in the non-studied condition were completed. The amount of priming is _______ percent.

Describe Jenkins' (1979) tetrahedral model of memory experiments. Provide examples from experiments in the text.

Answering questions about the movie you saw last night would involve _______ memory.

In a line graph, parallel lines indicate a main effect and an interaction.

Signal-detection theory has been used to assess memory performance.

In order to avoid scale attenuation effects, a memory test should be constructed in which

The Brown-Peterson technique is an example of an implicit memory test.

In line with the levels of processing theory, Craik and Tulving (1975) found that recognition performance was best in the ______ condition, worst in the ______ condition, and intermediate in the ______ condition.

One of the advantages of multifactor experiments is that interactions cannot be produced by scale attenuation.

Describe the Brown-Peterson short-term memory procedure used in Scarborough's (1972) experiment. Describe the results of this experiment.