A basic principle that lies at the core of the parallel distributed processing approach is that
a. we cannot remember information unless it has been recently processed.
b. the longer something remains in memory, the more likely it is to be forgotten.
c. neuron-like units are connected with each other by a system of networks.
d. material that we acquired intentionally will be retained better than material acquired by incidental learning.
Ans: c
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