Why Did Psychologists Shift from Addressing Short-Term Memory to Calling

question 63

Multiple Choice

Why did psychologists shift from addressing short-term memory to calling it working memory?

• A) It was found that it only "works" in about 85% of those who were examined.
• B) This memory stage was found to work both forward and backward from sensory to long-term memory stores.
• C) It was discovered that there were multiple active processes that took place in this memory store.
• D) Research identified this as the storage facility in which amnesia is most likely to occur.
• E) Only through explicit encoding can working memory be encoded on to long-term stores.

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