When we are pricing items in an electronics store, and we attempt to remember the prices of three different computers by repeating them again and again, the information is being held in ________.
A) secondary memory
B) the sensory registers
C) short-term memory
D) long-term memory

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The information about the prices of the computers is being held in short-term memory, as the task involves temporarily retaining the information in order to complete a specific goal (pricing the items). The sensory registers are responsible for briefly holding sensory information, such as visual or auditory stimuli, before it is either transferred to short-term memory or discarded. Secondary memory (also known as long-term memory) refers to the more permanent storage of information that has been consolidated over time through repetition and rehearsal.

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