Question

Mitzi learned the concept of classical conditioning for the first time in her psychology class. It took her about 60 minutes to thoroughly learn the process. Three weeks later, she had an exam in that class that covered classical conditioning. As she studied for that part of her exam, she realized it took her about 60 minutes to understand it once again. Which of the following is true of Mitzi based on this scenario?

A. Based on the relearning technique, her savings score was 100%.
B. After calculating Mitzi's savings score, it is clear that she maintained about 60% of what she learned the first time around.
C. It can be ascertained that Mitzi learned about half of the material the first time around.
D. It is evident that she did not maintain any of the original learning in her long-term memory.
E. Unfortunately, Mitzi only retained about 10% of the knowledge the first time she learned about classical conditioning.

Answer 1

D. It is evident that she did not maintain any of the original learning in her long-term memory

Step-by-step explanation:

Memory is defined as the psychological system by which the human brain receives information from the senses and stores it away for later use.

Memory can be short term (retrieved shortly after learning), and long term (retrieved after a long time).

In the given instance Mitzi learned the concept of classical conditioning within 60 minutes. Three weeks later, she realized it took her about 60 minutes to understand it once again.

This means that she did not maintain any of the original learning in her long-term memory for the information to be easily retreived