When Lloyd and Margaret Peterson (1959)asked participants to remember combinations of three consonants,they demonstrated which of the following about short-term memory?
A) Rehearsal increases storage capacity.
B) Rehearsal decreases storage capacity.
C) When prevented from rehearsing,people quickly lose information in short-term memory.
D) None of these is true.

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The study by Lloyd and Margaret Peterson (1959) showed that when participants were prevented from rehearsing, they quickly lost information in short-term memory. This experiment highlighted the importance of rehearsal for maintaining information in short-term memory.

When Lloyd and Margaret Peterson (1959)asked Participants to Remember Combinations