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Jason is a heroin user who cannot always afford new needles, so he shares needles with his friends who also use heroin. At the county health office, though, a new program allows him to exchange his used needles for clean ones at no cost, so he stops sharing needles. Jason's behavior has been influenced by a(n) ____ program.


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Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, which allows the ability to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

Short-Term Memory

Short-term memory is a cognitive system that temporarily holds a limited amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short period of time, typically seconds to a few minutes.

Long-Term Memory

The phase of the memory process that is capable of storing information for prolonged periods of time, potentially indefinitely.

Implicit Memories

Memories that are not part of our consciousness, formed from behaviors learned through repetitive practice, such as riding a bike, and not consciously recalled.

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