When Someone Remembers a Long-Forgotten and Traumatic Event in His

question 248

Multiple Choice

When someone remembers a long-forgotten and traumatic event in his or her life, such as the recollection of having been abused as a child, the memory is called

• A) repressed memory.
• B) schema formation.
• C) infantile amnesia.
• D) long-term potentiation.

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Definitions:

Long-Term Memory

The part of the information-processing system that holds memories of past experiences.

Information-Processing Theorists

Scholars who study how humans mentally process information from their environment, drawing analogies with computer processing.

Short-Term Memory

The part of the memory system where information is stored for a short duration, typically seconds to minutes, without rehearsal.

Information-Processing Theorists

Scholars who study how humans mentally process and store information, drawing analogies to computer processing.