gwd-12-q4 episodic memory篇主旨

gwd-12-q4

multiple components of a single event

“bound” together. Clayton sought to

(15) examine evidence of scrub
                jays’ accurate

memory of “what,” “where,” and “when”

information and their binding of this infor-

mation. In the wild, these birds store food

for retrieval later during periods of food

(20) scarcity. Clayton’s experiment required

jays to remember the type, location, and

freshness of stored food based on a unique

learning event. Crickets were stored in one

location and peanuts in another. Jays

(25) prefer crickets, but crickets degrade

more quickly. Clayton’s birds switched

their preference from crickets to peanuts

once the food had been stored for a certain

length of time, showing that they retain

(30) information about the what, the where,

and the when. Such experiments cannot,

however, reveal whether the birds were

reexperiencing the past when retrieving the

information. Clayton acknowledged this by

using the term “episodic-like” memory.

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Q4:

The primary purpose of the passage is to

A. explain how the findings of a particular experiment have been interpreted and offer an alternative interpretation

B. describe a particular experiment and point out one of its limitations

C. present similarities between human memory and animal memory

D. point out a flaw in the argument that a certain capacity is uniquely human

E. account for the unexpected behavior of animal subjects in a particular experiment

答案B，但我看大家对这道题目也是有争议的， 我觉得D更好啊

有没有人讨论这道题目阿，我觉得是D啊。

开篇提出一个Argument，然后针对其中的uniquely设计了实验，实验描述，证明动物可以retain information-episodic-like memory，但还不知道他们是否可以experience the past.

而B的话就忽略了第一句的作用，即实验的背景和目的，而且这个limitation我觉得用的怪，只是实验结果没能证明它的目标而以，不能说这个实验就是有limitation的吧……

有没有NN来讲讲这个阿

怎么没有人理呢？

觉得GWD的主旨题答案都选择比较片面的直接的，跟写作篇幅有关，不能深究写作真正意图，是这样吗？还是答案一直都偏向简单直接的那个？

觉得OG的主旨题思路不是这样，应该按照哪个来呢？

the limitation 就是

Such experiments cannot, however, reveal whether the birds were reexperiencing the past when retrieving the information.

我的问题是为什么不能选A?

一样!

我也觉得 文章一开始介绍了 episodic memory 但是后来通过一系列的动物实验 最后提出呢个alternative interpretation i.e episodic-like memory

有咩唔可以阿？

而 b 就完全忽略了动物实验前既内容

多谢晒