If you see a bolt of lightning flash across the sky,you will have a visual memory of that stimulus for a brief second after it occurs.This sort of memory is called __________,which refers to our visual sensory memory.
A) photographic
B) eidetic
C) echoic
D) iconic

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The term that refers to our visual sensory memory is iconic memory, making option D the correct choice. Photographic memory refers to the ability to remember detailed visual information for much longer periods of time, eidetic memory refers to the ability to vividly recall images in great detail after only a short exposure to them, and echoic memory refers to auditory sensory memory. None of these terms are appropriate for the given scenario.

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