Peterson and Peterson demonstrated that unrehearsed short-term memories for three consonants almost completely decay in as short a time as
A) 12 seconds.
B) 1 minute.
C) 12 minutes.
D) 1 hour.

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Peterson and Peterson's study showed that unrehearsed short-term memories for three consonants decayed by about 80% after just 12 seconds, and were almost completely gone after 18 seconds. Therefore, the best choice is A) 12 seconds.

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