Which of the Following Students Provides the Best Description for How

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following students provides the best description for how John Anderson's model of semantic memory accounts for our long-term learning?

• A) Xianming: "By practicing, we can strengthen the links between two concepts."
• B) Joan: "Working memory has a capacity that is potentially unlimited; learning basically increases the capacity of working memory."
• C) Tashica: "If many links are activated at the same time, each of these links is greatly strengthened-even more than if only one link is activated."
• D) Dan: "Through learning, our exemplars become increasingly strengthened."

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