Short-Term Memory

question 150

Multiple Choice

Short-term memory

• A) can maintain rehearsed information for approximately five minutes.
• B) is a limited-capacity store that can maintain unrehearsed information for up to about 20 seconds.
• C) preserves information in its original sensory form for a brief time, usually only a fraction of a second.
• D) is an unlimited capacity store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time.

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