In support of schema theory,Carmichael and associates presented subjects with ambiguous drawings.Later,they were asked to recall the drawings.The subject's recall of the drawings was:
A) significantly influenced by verbal labels telling them what the figures represented
B) significantly influenced by elaborative rehearsal
C) substantially improved if they used vivid imagery
D) substantially affected by proactive interference

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Carmichael and associates' study supported the idea of schema theory by showing that subjects' recall of ambiguous drawings was significantly influenced by verbal labels telling them what the figures represented. This suggests that our preexisting knowledge and expectations, or schemas, can affect our perception and memory of ambiguous stimuli. Elaborative rehearsal and vivid imagery may also play a role in memory encoding and recall, but they were not specifically tested in this study. Proactive interference, which occurs when previously learned information interferes with the recall of newly learned information, was not mentioned in relation to this study.

In Support of Schema Theory,Carmichael and Associates Presented Subjects with Ambiguous