Question

A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you, followed by a tone. You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard. What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?

A. primary memory
B. sensory memory
C. long-term memory
D. short-term memory

Answer 1

B. sensory memory

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the information processing model, there are three basic forms of memory storage, they are:

1. Sensory memory.

2. Short-term memory.

3. Long-term memory.

Sensory memory: This is the very first stage of the memory storage and it lasts for the shortest-term. Sensory memory retains various impressions of particular sensory information after the extinction of the original stimuli. It is used to transfer the memory in short-term memory.

The sensory memory is of three types including iconic memory, echoic memory, and haptic memory.