Using their hierarchical model of generic memory, Collins and Quillian (1969) found that ________.
A) when the participants had to traverse fewer levels in the hierarchy, they were slower to verify that a sentence was true
B) when the participants had to traverse more levels in the hierarchy, they were slower to verify that a sentence was true
C) the only determinant of the speed of response was the length of the sentence used
D) the only determinant of the speed of response was the IQ of the participant

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Collins and Quillian (1969) found that the time it took participants to verify whether a sentence was true increased with the number of hierarchical levels they had to traverse in their model of memory. This suggests that memory is organized in a hierarchical manner, and accessing more deeply nested information takes longer.

Using Their Hierarchical Model of Generic Memory, Collins and Quillian