Peterson and Peterson demonstrated that unrehearsed short-term memories for three consonants almost completely decay in as short a time as

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In Peterson and Peterson's study, participants were given three consonants to remember and then were asked to count backwards by threes from a certain number to prevent rehearsal. The researchers found that after 18 seconds of counting, memory for the three consonants had decayed to less than 10% accuracy. Therefore, the correct answer is A) 12 seconds as that is the closest option to 18 seconds.

Peterson and Peterson Demonstrated That Unrehearsed Short-Term Memories for Three