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6. what was their conclusion?

  • when rehearsal is prevented,very little can stay in the STM for no longer than around 18 seconds
  • when rehearsal is prevented nothing can stay in the memory for shorter than 18 seconds
  • when rehearsal is carried out nothing stays in the memory

7. In Peterson and Petersons experiment (1959) what were participants shown?

  • synonnyms
  • nonsense trigrams
  • anagrams

8. what was this called?

  • memory task
  • interference task
  • non-interference task

9. Define capacity?

  • how much can be held in the memory
  • how much you can remember
  • the amount you can remember without forgetting

10. after 18 seconds what percentage were recalled correctly?

  • 10%
  • 100%
  • 20%