In the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory, the participants were to report ___________
A) one of three lines of letters as indicated by the sound of a tone immediately presented after the letters had disappeared.
B) only one or two of the letters in the cued line.
C) the first letter of each line only.
D) the middle letter of each line.

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Sperling's partial report method involved participants being asked to report one of three lines of letters based on the pitch of a tone played immediately after the letters disappeared, demonstrating the existence and characteristics of sensory memory.

In the Partial Report Method of Sperling's Study of Sensory