Your Teacher Has Given Each Student the Name of a Key

question 127

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.

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Definitions:

Resting Metabolic Rate

The rate at which the body expends energy while at rest, crucial for maintaining basic bodily functions such as breathing and circulation.

Set Point

A theory suggesting that each individual has a genetically determined range of optimal weight and temperature that their body regulates to maintain.

Set Point

A theory suggesting that an individual's body weight and other physiological factors are regulated at a predetermined, or 'set', level by the brain.

Hunger

The physiological need for food, experienced as a compelling sensation prompting individuals to eat.