GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
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In direct correlation to our age
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Varies greatly by gender
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Essentially limitless
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In direct correlation to our age
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Detailed explanation-1: -This type of memory is unlimited in capacity and stable-lasting for years or even a lifetime. Short-term memories can become long-term memories through a process known as consolidation. Long-term memory can be further subdivided into two different types: explicit (conscious) and implicit (unconscious) memory.
Detailed explanation-2: -The capacity of long-term memory is unlimited in contrast to short-term and working memory. A lot of researches have shown that different types of long-term memories are stored in different parts of the brain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Long-term memory is the permanent storage of information-its capacity is basically unlimited. Compare and contrast the two ways in which we encode information. Information is encoded through automatic or effortful processing.
Detailed explanation-4: -While long-term memory has a seemingly unlimited capacity that lasts years, short-term memory is relatively brief and limited. Short-term memory is limited in both capacity and duration.
Detailed explanation-5: -Our working memory is severely limited in both capacity (the amount of information it can hold) and duration. Cognitive psychology pioneer George Miller (1956) famously estimated short-term memory capacity at around 7 pieces of information.