Suppose you look up the telephone number to call, and someone asks you where your next class is. You answer quickly, but promptly forget the number you just looked up. The memory store in which this telephone number was held is called:
A) sensory memory
B) short-term memory
C) long-term memory
D) semantic memory

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Short-term memory refers to memory for things we are presently and actively thinking about. Table 16-6 lists as an example of short-term memory remembering a phone number just looked up long enough to dial it.

Suppose You Look Up the Telephone Number to Call, and Someone