The sight of a maple tree is first held in ________ storage.
A) echoic
B) iconic
C) long-term
D) short-term

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The sight of a maple tree would first be processed by the visual system and held in iconic memory, which is a type of sensory memory that lasts for only a fraction of a second. This allows time for the information to be transferred to short-term memory and potentially encoded into long-term memory. Echoic memory relates to auditory information and is not relevant in this context. While the information may ultimately end up in long-term memory, this is not the first stage of processing. Therefore, C and D can be ruled out.

The Sight of a Maple Tree Is First Held in ________