Question

Camille wants to remember the name of a toy she saw on television. As she is going to tell her mother about it she keeps repeating the long name of the toy over and over. By doing this she is keeping the information active in her:

Answer 1

The correct answer is short term memory

Short-term memory could be defined as the mechanism of memory that allows us to retain a certain amount of information for a short period of time. Short-term memory temporarily retains processed information that quickly disappears or becomes long-term memory. Short-term memory has two main characteristics: a limited capacity and a defined duration.

Short-term memory acts as a gateway to long-term memory or as a storehouse that makes it possible to retain information that we will not necessarily need in the future, just what we need at that time. Since short-term memory is directly linked to long-term memory, any damage done to short-term memory can affect the acquisition of new memories within long-term memory.

If short-term memory is damaged, we lose the ability to retain information for a short period of time. This would make it very difficult, or even impossible to understand long sentences and follow a conversation.

Answer 2

Short term memory

Step-by-step explanation:

Short term memory is the information which a person is aware of or is currently thinking about. This is also called primary memory. Recent events and sensory data are stored in this memory. It can encompass the data over the period of 30 seconds to few days.

Here also camille is remembering the name of toy by constantly recalling it several time. This information is stored in short term memory of camille. She is keeping the information active in her short term memory by repeating the name to reduce chance of forgetting the name of the toy.