Miller and Isard Presented Listeners with Grammatical Sentences ("Gadgets Simplify

Multiple Choice

 Miller and Isard presented listeners with grammatical sentences ("Gadgets simplify work around the house") ; ungrammatical word strings ("Between gadgets highways passengers the steal") , and anomalous sentences ("Gadgets kill passengers from the eyes") . The results showed that the listener's ability to accurately report the phrase was _____.

A) highest for the grammatical condition, followed by ungrammatical, and then anomalous
B) highest for the grammatical condition, followed by anomalous, and then ungrammatical
C) the same for grammatical and anomalous, which were both better than ungrammatical
D) the same for all three conditions