What Technique Can Be Used to Lengthen the Time That

question 33

Multiple Choice

What technique can be used to lengthen the time that information stays in short-term memory?

• A)encoding
• B)retrieving
• C)buffering
• D)rehearsing

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Definitions:

Extinction

The weakening of a learned response that is produced if a conditioned stimulus is now repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioning

A learning process in which an individual's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment, often used to explain behaviorist psychological theories.

Reconditioning

A process of unlearning negative behaviors and reactions and replacing them with positive ones through various therapeutic techniques.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.