Consider the Sentence, "Sam, Tired from Hours of Reading and Working

question 30

Multiple Choice

Consider the sentence, "Sam, tired from hours of reading and working on his term paper, fell into bed at last." When you reach the sentence's 13th word ("fell") , you need to remember how the sentence began; otherwise, you won't know who fell into bed. The memory used for this task is called

• A) episodic memory.
• B) working memory.
• C) generic memory.
• D) long-term memory.

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