Question

A participant is asked, "In the list of words I showed you earlier, was there a word that rhymed with ‘lake’?" The participant is likely to be well prepared for this sort of memory test if he or she

A. used maintenance rehearsal when trying to memorize the words.
B. paid attention to the appearance of the words when trying to memorize them.
C. paid attention to the sounds of the words when trying to memorize them.
D. relied on perceptual fluency when studying the words.

Answer 1

The participant is likely to be well prepared for this sort of memory test if he or she paid attention to the sounds of the words when trying to memorize them.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

In humans working memory has a very essential role to play as it helps in decision making, reasoning and behavior. In our cognitive system, working memory has limited capacity and is used for holding information temporarily.

In the present test if the participant was attentive to the sounds of words when he was memorizing them then his working memory would have stored those words temporarily and during the test, he will be able to tell the word that rhymed with the lake.