Short-term memory
A) can maintain rehearsed information for approximately five minutes.
B) is a limited-capacity store that can maintain unrehearsed information for up to about 20 seconds.
C) preserves information in its original sensory form for a brief time, usually only a fraction of a second.
D) is an unlimited capacity store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time.

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Short-term memory is a limited-capacity store that can maintain unrehearsed information for up to about 20 seconds. This is in contrast to long-term memory, which can hold information over lengthy periods of time. Sensory memory (option C) only preserves information in its original sensory form for a brief time, usually only a fraction of a second. Option A is incorrect because rehearsed information can be maintained for longer than five minutes if it is transferred to long-term memory. Option D is incorrect because short-term memory is a limited capacity store.

Short-Term Memory