Ebbinghaus, Who Is Considered the Father of Modern Memory Research

question 56

Multiple Choice

Ebbinghaus, who is considered the father of modern memory research, was among the first to demonstrate that

• A)different types of brain lesions can produce different types of memory deficits.
• B)in terms of cognition, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
• C)behavior is best understood in terms of stimulus-response relationships.
• D)internal mental processes can be measured in rigorous and reproducible ways.

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Definitions:

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, represented as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Random Sample

A sample in which each member of the population has an equal probability of being selected, aiming for a representative subset.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that indicates the accuracy of a sample mean by estimating the dispersion of sample means around the population mean.

Statistic

A numerical measure that describes a characteristic of a sample, which is often used to estimate the corresponding parameter in the population.