Question

Karri is getting ready to take her psychology final exam. She studied three hours ago. The names, terms, and information that she will need to retrieve while taking the test are located in her _________ memory.

Answer 1

Answer:

Long term memory

Explanation:

As we study, information gets stored in the short term memory, and then moves to our long term memory as we repeat the information.

There are three phases/stages of memory storage:

1. Sensory memory is very short term memory and the information usually disappears/ degrades fairly quickly (usually within half a second)
2. Short term memory holds a small amount of information (approximately 7 items) and holds that information for a short period of time (about 1 minute)
3. Long term memory holds information for long periods of time (sometimes indefinitely). When we study, the information is often transferred to long term memory.