Professor Smith Is Doing Research on Fish

question 60

Multiple Choice

Professor Smith is doing research on fish.He refuses to learn his students' names because he believes that the names take up space in his long-term memory,which could be better used for fish information.He is incorrect because:

• A) different types of information, such as facts about fish and names of people, are stored in different parts of memory
• B) the students' names would have been stored in short-term memory
• C) long-term memory can hold essentially unlimited amounts of information
• D) the students' names that are preserved in long-term memory could be replaced later with different information

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