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Kira is jogging down the street listening to her portable music player.Abruptly, her batteries die and the music stops. Which of the following accounts for her ability to still "hear" the last part of the song that was playing?

A) Short-term memory
B) Eidetic imagery
C) Iconic memory
D) Echoic memory

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Answer:

D) Echoic memory

Step-by-step explanation:

Echoic memory: In psychology, the term "echoic memory" is described as a term that is being used to explain the "ultra-short-term" memory-related to auditory stimuli. Echoic memory is also referred or denoted as "auditory sensory register" or "auditory store". Echoic memory consists of only one sort of "ultra short term memory" i.e, "sensory memory".

Example: Spoken language.

In the question above, the given statement signifies the echoic memory.

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