When test subjects are asked to recall a list of letters they have just seen, the mistakes they make often involve letters that sound similar to the displayed letters. These mistakes are probably due to
A) retrograde amnesia.
B) acoustic coding.
C) retroactive interference during transfer from echoic to iconic memory.
D) the serial position effect.
E) the tip-of-the tongue phenomenon.

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The mistakes made by test subjects involving letters that sound similar to the displayed letters demonstrates a reliance on acoustic coding, as they are remembering and associating the sounds of the letters rather than their appearance or meaning.

When Test Subjects Are Asked to Recall a List of Letters