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All right, so this question's asking, according to spurling, what is the capacity of iconic memory? a, everything that can be seen at one time, b, everything that can be heard in one minute, c, everything that can be sensed in one second, or d, everything that could be perceived in a lifetime.
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All right, so obviously this question is getting at your understanding of iconic memory.
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So what is iconic memory? so iconic memory basically is involved with the visual sensory system.
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And spurling, george spurling, was someone who wanted to study this, and he came up with the iconic memory test.
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And this was a very fast presentation, and it was redone in a way that became the partial report method.
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Basically, what this method did was he showed a grid of letters.
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And with those letters, there was a respective sound, which was a high, medium, or low tone.
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And basically, subjects were asked to report the letters as they heard the tone...
