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ISBN: 9781259285271

Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Learning is defined as a relatively permanent and irreversible adaptive change in behavior. It always results from experience. The ability of an organism to store and recall the effects, sensations, and knowledge gained through learning and experience is…

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Explain the process by which something may be committed to long-term memory. How does long-term memory differ from sensory memory and short-term memory?

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