GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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sensory memory
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selective attention
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long term memory
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constructive memory
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Detailed explanation-1: -A friend mentions to you that she heard humans never forget anything; we remember everything that ever happens to us. What concept from memory research most directly contradicts this belief? Selective attention.
Detailed explanation-2: -Memory is today defined in psychology as the faculty of encoding, storing, and retrieving information (Squire, 2009). Psychologists have found that memory includes three important categories: sensory, short-term, and long-term.
Detailed explanation-3: -Working memory, sometimes called short-term memory, refers to the processes that allow us to hold on to and manipulate information we are currently aware of and working on.
Detailed explanation-4: -Repression is the unconscious blocking of unpleasant emotions, impulses, memories, and thoughts from your conscious mind. First described by Sigmund Freud, the purpose of this defense mechanism is to try to minimize feelings of guilt and anxiety.