While at Her Yearly Medical Checkup, Martha Is Informed That

question 110

Multiple Choice

While at her yearly medical checkup, Martha is informed that she has extremely high pressure in her eye. This indicates that Martha likely has:

• A) presbyopia.
• B) cataracts.
• C) glaucoma.
• D) macular degeneration.

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Definitions:

Hermann Ebbinghaus

A psychologist best known for his research on memory, the forgetting curve, and the spacing effect.

Richard Atkinson

A psychologist who, along with Richard Shiffrin, proposed the multi-store model of memory, which includes sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.

Trace Memory

A type of memory that results from automatic or unconscious learning and is not part of our conscious awareness, often revealed through performance rather than explicit recall.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, which allows individuals to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimulus has ceased.