If 47­year­old Matt Can Remember the Poem He Memorized in Mrs.Smith's

question 38

Multiple Choice

If 47­year­old Matt can remember the poem he memorized in Mrs.Smith's 2nd grade class, Matt is using what type of memory for this task?

• A)sensory memory
• B)episodic memory
• C)semantic memory
• D)remote memory

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Definitions:

Learning

The process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences through experience or instruction.

Generalization

In operant conditioning, the tendency to make the learned response to a stimulus similar to that for which the response was originally reinforced.

Unconditioned Stimulus

An unconditioned stimulus is a stimulus that naturally triggers a response without the need for prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.