The Ability to Recognize Patterns That Are Extraneous Occurs Because

question 102

Multiple Choice

The ability to recognize patterns that are extraneous occurs because:

• A) the identification of a stimulus on the basis of information already contained in long-term memory occurs during the transfer from sensory memory to short-term memory.
• B) an exact sensory image is held in short-term memory so that relevant strategies from long-term memory can select information.
• C) as new information is being perceived through the sensory register, there is a simultaneous search of long-term memory for relevant information.
• D) as information enters the sensory register, a huge number of processing units, operating in parallel, select information that will flow into short-term memory.

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