You have gone for the first time to one of the campus computer labs to work on your psychology assignments. However, you forgot your first-day handout, which has the psychology website listed. You spot a person from your class, and he tells you the website. You walk back to your computer and type in the website. In the process of working through the assignment, you accidentally exit completely out of the system. You cannot remember the psychology website. This illustrates how which of the following types of memory operates?
A)sensory memory
B)iconic memory
C)short-term memory
D)procedural memory

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This scenario illustrates the operation of short-term memory, which is where information is temporarily held and manipulated for a brief period before it is either forgotten or transferred to long-term memory. The inability to recall the psychology website after a short period and without rehearsal or further encoding demonstrates the limited duration and capacity of short-term memory.

You Have Gone for the First Time to One of the Campus