As Rita scans the yellow pages section of her phone book looking for a florist, she sees several others products and services advertised. Though interesting on first glance, she quickly returns to her primary task of finding a florist. The items that distracted her from her search were most likely stored in which of the following types of memory?
A) short-term memory
B) subliminal memory
C) long-term memory
D) middle memory
E) subconscious memory

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The distracting items mentioned in the scenario were most likely stored in short-term memory, also known as working memory, which has limited capacity and can only hold information temporarily. Rita quickly returned to her primary task, indicating that the distracting items did not get transferred into long-term memory. There is no evidence to suggest that subliminal memory, middle memory, or subconscious memory were involved in this scenario.

As Rita Scans the Yellow Pages Section of Her Phone