CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which type of memory has essentially unlimited storage capacity?
A
echoic memory
B
short term memory
C
long term memory
D
state-dependent memory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Long-Term Memory. Long-term memory refers to unlimited storage information to be maintained for long periods, even for life. There are two types of long-term memory: declarative or explicit memory and non-declarative or implicit memory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Long-term memory can hold an unlimited amount of information for an indefinite period of time. Short-term memories become long-term memories in a region of the brain called the hippocampus. Another part of the brain called the cortex stores these long-term memories.

Detailed explanation-3: -Long-term memory is commonly labelled as explicit memory (declarative), as well as episodic memory, semantic memory, autobiographical memory, and implicit memory (procedural memory).

Detailed explanation-4: -Long-term memory is a form of memory that has a potentially limitless capacity, meaning that there seems to be no limit on the amount of information we can store. Long-term memory refers to the information that we can recall from any moment in time longer than just a few minutes ago.

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