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Which sentence most accurately describes sensory memory?
(A) Sensory memory stores all sensory input perfectly accurately for a short period of time.
(B) Sensory memory encodes only sensations we are attending to at the time.
(C) Sensory memory receives memories from the working memory and decides which memories to encode in long-term memory.
(D) Sensory memory records all incoming sensations and remembers them indefinitely.
(E) Sensory memory records some sensations accurately, but some are recorded incorrectly, leading to constructive memory.
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Answer
(A) Sensory memory stores all sensory input perfectly accurately for a short period of time.
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Explanation
Sensory memory holds all sensations accurately for a split second. Selective attention
determines which of the memories in sensory memory we will pay attention to. Choice C is incorrect because sensory memory comes before working memory in the three box/information-processing model. Sensory memory does not last indefinitely and does not record incorrectly, so choices D and E are incorrect.
determines which of the memories in sensory memory we will pay attention to. Choice C is incorrect because sensory memory comes before working memory in the three box/information-processing model. Sensory memory does not last indefinitely and does not record incorrectly, so choices D and E are incorrect.
Posted : 19/02/2024 3:48 pm