When psychologists ask research participants to remember combinations of letters (such as TJD), why might they have participants engage in strange tasks such as counting backward by threes?
a. Counting backward prevents rehearsal, so researchers can see how long an unrehearsed memory trace will last.
b. Researchers try to make the participants forget.
c. Counting backward can facilitate episodic binding.
d. Researchers are actually interested in backward-counting ability.
Answer: A
Rationale: The duration of the phonological memory is believed to be approximately 15 seconds.
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