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

long-term storage holds unlimited amounts of information.  

Explanation:

Long-term memory or LTM is the final stage of the Information-Processing Model of memory given by Atkinson-Shiffrin.

Conceptually, the capacity of long-term memory is inexhaustible or limitless, the main limitation on recall being comprehensibility rather than availability.

Types of long-term memory:

1. Declarative memory- general knowledge, facts as well as personal experiences.

a. Episodic memory

b. Semantic memory

2. Procedural memory- skills of doing different things.

the telephone is the answer

new communications technology has affected the way social movements are organized because nowadays, social movements rely on social networks and the media to get different people with a similar way of thinking in contact, and thus, get them to mobilize for a greater cause.

individuals only participate in collective action when they feel identified with it. is in this aspect that social media becomes relevant, because it guarantees communication among all individuals and organizes the social actions that are going to be carried out, i.e., the social movements.

in addition, being covered by the media is important to validate the message and make it relevant in the social agenda, as well as to reach more people who can share interests, appealing to public sympathy for their cause.

in conclusion, it is by social networks and social media that social movement is given birth; by connecting different individuals with similar ideas and organizing them to mobilize for a greater cause.