Because she didn't have a piece of paper handy, Mary mentally repeated the long-distance phone number over and over. Mary was trying to keep this information in her _____ memory.

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Short-term memory refers to the temporary storage of information that is currently being used or processed, such as trying to remember a phone number before writing it down. In this scenario, Mary mentally repeated the phone number to retain it in her short-term memory until she could find a piece of paper to write it on.

Because She Didn't Have a Piece of Paper Handy, Mary