Quintin needs to call the local department store to see if his catalog order has come in.He finds the telephone number in the phone book,mentally rehearses the number,and calls the department store.Most likely,this number is stored in ____ memory.
A) short-term
B) long-term
C) episodic
D) semantic

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The fact that Quintin had to mentally rehearse the number suggests that he was using his short-term memory to temporarily store and manipulate the information before dialing it on the phone. Short-term memory only holds information for a brief period before it is forgotten or transferred to long-term memory.

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