Which of the following was a problem in Cattell's (1886) study on the word-superiority effect that was fixed in Reicher and Wheeler's (1970) study?
A) Observers had memory limitations in reporting what they saw.
B) Observers could use a guessing strategy in some conditions.
C) Observers were not tested in their native language.
D) both A and B

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In Cattell's (1886) study on the word-superiority effect, observers had memory limitations in reporting what they saw (A) and could use a guessing strategy in some conditions (B), which could affect the validity of the results. Reicher and Wheeler's (1970) study addressed these issues by using a forced-choice task, which eliminated guessing, and by presenting stimuli briefly and masking them, which reduced memory demands.

Which of the Following Was a Problem in Cattell's (1886)