A Child Is Riding near the Outer Rim of a Freely-Rotating

question 15

Essay

A child is riding near the outer rim of a freely-rotating playground merry-go-round. What happens if the child walks towards the center?

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Definitions:

Short-Term Memory

The part of the memory system that is responsible for temporarily holding small amounts of information in consciousness.

Duration

the length of time that something lasts or continues.

Rehearsal

A cognitive process in which information is repeated over and over as a possible way of learning and remembering it.

Executive Control

A set of cognitive processes including attentional control, inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility, which regulate the flow of information and behavior.