Sometimes Long-Term Memory Storage Has Been Described as Creating a Path

question 183

Multiple Choice

Sometimes long-term memory storage has been described as creating a path such as in a field of grass, with constant use of the path keeping the memory active. Using the field analogy, forgetting would occur when the path begins to disappear due to lack of use. This describes the ____ theory of forgetting.

• A) interference
• B) repression
• C) cue-dependent
• D) decay

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Definitions:

Myoglobin

A crimson-colored protein, which includes heme, responsible for transporting and holding oxygen within muscle cells, and closely resembles the structure of hemoglobin.

Motor Units

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Muscle Fibers

Long, slender cells that make up muscles, capable of contracting to produce movement in parts of the body.

Trained Muscle

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