The research by Lloyd and Margaret Peterson suggests that
the duration of short-term memory is about 15 seconds, but some have proposed that it may be as short as 5 seconds. These other theorists have suggested that some of the participants in the Petersons' study were able to silently rehearse the letters they were shown, thus appearing to have a longer short-term memory duration. This alternate explanation for the Petersons' findings demonstrates which principle of critical thinking?
A) Replicability
B) Extraordinary claims
C) Falsifiability
D) Ruling out rival hypotheses
Answer: D
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A) limiting one's aspirations to acceptable choices. B) basing one's career choice on parental advice. C) studying the results of vocational tests. D) all of the above
Even preschoolers with good language skills recall poorly because they are not skilled at using
A) memory strategies. B) episodic memory. C) autobiographical memory. D) scripts.