You Are Introduced to Someone at a Party

question 161

Multiple Choice

You are introduced to someone at a party. While talking with the person, you realize that you have already forgotten the person's name. What amount of time does it typically take before such information is lost from short-term memory?

• A) typically between 12 and 30 seconds
• B) approximately ¼ of a second
• C) usually no more than 4 seconds
• D) Short-term memories typically last a lifetime.

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Definitions:

Independent Events

Two events are independent if the outcome of one does not affect the outcome of another.

P(A|B)

The likelihood of event A happening, provided that event B has already taken place, signifying a conditional probability.

Disjoint Events

Disjoint events are two or more events that cannot occur simultaneously, indicating there is no overlap in their outcomes.

Nonzero Probabilities

This implies that events or outcomes have a likelihood greater than zero of occurring.