Sam,a high school student,lives in a busy neighborhood.When he sits down to study,he can hear different noises-a phone ringing somewhere,a baby crying,a car honking-even though he does not pay attention to them.These noises will be stored in Sam's _____.
A) long-term memory
B) sensory memory
C) workbench memory
D) short-term memory
E) procedural memory

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The noises that Sam hears but does not pay attention to are being stored in his sensory memory. Sensory memory is the brief storage of sensory information before it is processed in short-term memory or forgotten.

Sam,a High School Student,lives in a Busy Neighborhood