Professor Smith Refuses to Learn His Students' Names Because He

question 21

Multiple Choice

Professor Smith refuses to learn his students' names because he believes the names will take up space in his memory that he needs to store research-related information.Professor Smith's belief about his memory is INCORRECT because

• A) research-related information is stored in semantic memory.
• B) the students' names are maintained in short-term storage.
• C) long-term storage holds unlimited amounts of information.
• D) working memory allows him to continually maintain both sets of information.

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