Your Teacher Has Given Each Student the Name of a Key

question 8

Multiple Choice

Your teacher has given each student the name of a key figure in the history of psychology. The assignment is to describe at least one significant contribution made by this person. If your historical figure is Hermann Ebbinghaus, what contribution might you describe to the class?

• A) He described the limits of sensory storage.
• B) He discovered the parts of the brain responsible for processing memories.
• C) He created nonsense syllables in order to study memory in a "pure" form.
• D) He developed a series of memory aids that is still used by students today.
• E) His development of the fMRI to test brain activity during memory tasks.

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Definitions:

Conflict

A struggle or an opposition between individuals, groups, or ideas, arising from differences in interests, beliefs, values, or goals.

Agent of Socialization

Individuals, groups, or institutions that play a part in integrating people into society, helping them to internalize societal norms and values.

Gender Socialization

The process by which men and women learn the expectations associated with their sex.

Resocialization

The process by which existing social roles are radically altered or replaced.