What Has Research Taught Us About Infant Memory

question 25

Multiple Choice

What has research taught us about infant memory?

• A) Infants can remember only after 6 months of age.
• B) Infants can memorize things after only one exposure.
• C) Infants demonstrate memory for experiences they had in utero.
• D) Infants do not demonstrate reliable memory until approximately 3 months of age.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

An approach to learning in which the force of a behavior is shaped through positive reinforcement or negative consequences.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Respondent Behavior

Behavior that occurs as a direct response to a specific stimulus, often reflexive or involuntary in nature.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a biologically potent stimulus is paired with a previously neutral stimulus to elicit a conditioned response.