Chris Is Looking for His Friend in a Crowd of People

question 100

Multiple Choice

Chris is looking for his friend in a crowd of people at a concert.As he scans the crowd, he often blinks but still retains a brief visual image of many of the faces in the crowd for a
Very brief time.Chris is able to maintain this visual information due to the function of his

• A) short-term storage.
• B) working memory.
• C) sensory storage.
• D) long-term storage.

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