The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory was to:
A)have the participants report the entire matrix of letters they saw as fast as they could.
B)have the participants report the entire matrix of letters but mask the letters after presentation with a very bright light.
C)cue the participants,using a tone,as to which line of the matrix they were to report.
D)have the participants use memory aids like chunking and mnemonics to recall the letters.

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The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study was to cue the participants using a tone as to which line of the matrix they were to report. This allowed researchers to study the capacity and duration of sensory memory by determining how much information participants could recall from each cued line before the memory faded.

The Key to the Partial Report Method of Sperling's Study