One Difference Between Long-Term Memory and Short-Term Memory Is That

question 169

Multiple Choice

One difference between long-term memory and short-term memory is that

• A) we forget long-term memories because of decay and short-term memories because of interference.
• B) long-term memory can hold a vast amount of information and short-term memory can hold only about seven items
• C) short-term memory holds language items and long-term memory holds skills.
• D) short-term memory holds skills and long-term memory holds language items.

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Definitions:

Diminishing Returns

The principle stating that as investment in a particular area increases, the rate of profit from that investment, after a certain point, cannot continue to increase if other variables remain constant.

Marginal Product

The increase in output resulting from a one-unit increase in the input of a production factor, holding all other inputs constant.

Marginal Product

The additional output resulting from one more unit of a given input, holding all other inputs constant.

Average Product

The output per unit of input, measured by dividing the total product by the quantity of input.