You have gone for the first time to one of the campus computer labs to work on your psychology assignments.However, you forgot your first-day handout, which has the psychology website listed.You spot a person from your class, and he tells you the website.You walk back to your computer and type in the website.In the process of working through the assignment, you accidentally exit completely out of the system.You cannot remember the psychology website.This illustrates how _____ operates.
A)sensory memory
B)iconic memory
C)short-term memory
D)procedural memory

Question

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This situation illustrates how short-term memory operates as it involves the temporary holding and processing of information or instructions needed for the task at hand. The fact that the individual cannot remember the psychology website after accidentally exiting the system suggests that the information was not stored in long-term memory but lost from short-term memory. Sensory memory and iconic memory are very brief and relate to the initial perception of stimuli. Procedural memory involves the recall of how to perform learned skills or actions.

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