A New Cashier Tries to Learn the Names of All

question 15

Multiple Choice

A new cashier tries to learn the names of all her regular customers.At first he does very well,but as the customers keep rolling in,he finds himself calling new customers by old customers' names.Why?

• A) He is experiencing proactive interference.
• B) He is experiencing motivated forgetting.
• C) As he reconstructs his memories,distortions occur.
• D) He is experiencing retroactive interference.

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Definitions:

Magnocellular Cells

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Parvocellular Cells

Neurons within the parvocellular layer of the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus, involved in high-resolution color vision and fine visual details.

Visual Signals

Information perceived through the eyes and interpreted by the brain, involving light being converted into electrochemical signals for visual processing.

Trichromatic Color Theory

A theory stating that the human eye perceives color through the relative rates of response by three types of cones, each sensitive to different wavelengths of light (red, green, and blue).