Ebbinghaus and Human Memory Experiments
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Who is widely considered to be the first person to conduct experiments in human memory?

  • Ebbinghuas (correct)
  • William James
  • Ebbinghaus
  • James
  • What did Ebbinghuas argue was necessary to study human memory?

  • Use of external sources for information
  • Observing human behavior in natural settings
  • Reliability of introspections
  • Correlation in task performance between material studied and material recalled (correct)
  • According to William James, what did consciousness represent?

  • A collection of memories
  • An illusion of the mind
  • A repository of knowledge
  • A stream of thought (correct)
  • What component of memory did James consider as providing sensory detail of the 'just past'?

    <p>Primary or elementary memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the aspects James is most acclaimed for?

    <p>His insights on memory and attention through introspections</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term did James use to describe items in the stream of consciousness that survive for future recall?

    <p>'Properly recollected'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which perspective viewed science as extremely objective and left no room for introspections?

    <p>Behaviourism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the Verbal Learning Tradition characterized as by some observers?

    <p>Dust bowl empiricism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which concepts were provided by the Verbal Learning Tradition as important explanatory concepts?

    <p>Transfer and interference</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were participants required to do in the method of serial anticipation?

    <p>Predict the next word on a list prior to its presentation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which period saw the Verbal Learning Tradition appealing to the majority of researchers?

    <p>1920s-1960s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one of the most important methods for studying memory mentioned in the text?

    <p>The method of serial anticipation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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