Question

Consider this sentence: "Sean was able to get the dog to come out from under the abandoned house by shaking a bag of dog food." In order for you to consciously make sense of the sentence, the information was processed in your _____ memory.

Answer 1

The given blank can be filled with short term memory.

Step-by-step explanation:

A part of the memory system, in which information is stored for about 30 seconds is known as the short term memory. The information can be sustained longer with the application of techniques like a rehearsal. After the initial glimmer, the information is stored in the short term memory. It has fairly constraint capacity. It can withstand about 7 items for no more than 30 seconds. However, the capacity can be increased with the application of different memory strategies.