When Discussing the Relationship Between Short-Term and Long-Term Memory, the Authors

question 623

Multiple Choice

When discussing the relationship between short-term and long-term memory, the authors of your textbook use the analogy of a warehouse with filing cabinets and a desk. As information enters the warehouse, it is first placed on the desk. Because the desk is small, it must be quickly cleared off to make room for new information. While unimportant items are simply tossed away, personally or culturally meaningful information is placed in the files, which represent

• A)working memory.
• B)sensory memory.
• C)short-term memory.
• D)long-term memory.

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Definitions:

Poisson Probabilities

The likelihood of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming the events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space when these events occur with a known constant rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Expected Frequency

The predicted number of times an event or outcome occurs within a specific interval, based on a probability model.

Uniformly Distributed

A type of distribution in which all outcomes are equally likely; the probability density function is constant.