One Difference Between Long-Term Memory and Short-Term Memory Is That

question 169

Multiple Choice

One difference between long-term memory and short-term memory is that

• A) we forget long-term memories because of decay and short-term memories because of interference.
• B) long-term memory can hold a vast amount of information and short-term memory can hold only about seven items
• C) short-term memory holds language items and long-term memory holds skills.
• D) short-term memory holds skills and long-term memory holds language items.

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