D. nondeclarative memories. 3. Wh en psychologists ask research participants to

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D. nondeclarative memories. 3. Wh en psychologists ask research participants to remember combinations of letters (such as TJD), why might they have participants engage in distracting 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.

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Ans : A) counting backwards prevents rehearsal so researchers can see how long an unrehearsed memory trace will last.

The psychologists engage the participants in the distracting tasks such as counting backwards so that they can not get enough time for the rehearsal of letter combination and then they can see the duration of the unrehearsed memory.

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