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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Definitions:

Real-World Example

A situation or case that occurs in the actual world, as opposed to in a theoretical or fictional setting.

Intersectionality

A framework for understanding how various aspects of a person's social and political identities (gender, race, class, sexuality, etc.) combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege.

Fluidity

The quality of being adaptable or variable, often used in the context of gender or sexuality to describe experiences that don't fit into fixed categories.

Salience

The quality of being particularly noticeable or important; the state of being prominent in the mind or in a situation.