_________ was the first to distinguish between short-term and long-term memory, although ________ developed the model that emphasized this.
A) William James; Atkinson and Shiffrin
B) Atkinson; William James
C) Tulving; William James
D) Shiffrin; Atkinson

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William James was the first to make the distinction between primary and secondary memory, concepts that are analogous to what we now refer to as short-term and long-term memory. Atkinson and Shiffrin later developed the multi-store model of memory, which formally distinguished between these types of memory.

_________ Was the First to Distinguish Between Short-Term and Long-Term