After Maya gave her friend the password to a protected Web site,the friend was able to remember it only long enough to type it into the password box. In this instance,the password was clearly stored in her ________ memory.

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Short-term memory (also known as working memory) is a limited-capacity memory system that stores information for a short period of time, typically around 20-30 seconds. This type of memory is used for tasks such as remembering a phone number long enough to dial it or remembering a password long enough to type it in. The fact that Maya's friend could only remember the password long enough to type it in suggests that it was stored in her short-term memory.

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