Clarice presses a key on her computer to save a document she has been editing. A file is then created on her computer's hard drive. The computer's action is most similar to the memory activity of _________. The computer's hard drive is similar to _________ memory in the three-stage memory model.
A)retrieval; long-term
B)priming; short-term
C)encoding; long-term
D)encoding; short-term

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Encoding; long-termSaving a document involves encoding information for storage, similar to how the brain encodes information for long-term memory. The computer's hard drive, where data is stored for the long term, parallels long-term memory in the human memory model.

Clarice Presses a Key on Her Computer to Save a Document