Question

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.

Answer 1

Answer:

Long-term storage holds unlimited amounts of information.

Explanation:

Memory may be defined as the storage of any information in the brain. Two main types of memory present in the human brain are long term memory and the short term memory.

The long term memory stores information for the long period of time whereas short term memory erase after sometime. The professor refuses to learn the student's name because long term memory is unlimited and contains lot of information.

Thus, the correct answer is option (c).