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Question 22

A cognitive psychologist investigated the duration of short-term memory using a Peterson and Peterson distractor task. Participants were presented with a consonant trigram and asked to recall it after a retention interval. The duration of successful recall (in seconds) before forgetting occurred was recorded for a sample of 80 participants. The results are shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Distribution of successful recall durations for the sample of participants

Duration of successful recall (seconds)Frequency
0 – 414
5 – 932
10 – 1424
15 – 1910

Draw a histogram to display the data in Table 1.

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Research methods and skills Questions

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186 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Research methods and skills, covering Research methods and skills. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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