Long ago, during the early days of television, when a television set was turned off it took a while for the last image that was on the screen to fade away. This phenomenon is most like ________ memory.
A) iconic
B) echoic
C) short-term
D) long-term

Question

Long ago, during the early days of television, when a television set was turned off it took a while for the last image that was on the screen to fade away. This phenomenon is most like ________ memory.
A) iconic 
B) echoic 
C) short-term
D) long-term

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The fading image on the screen resembles iconic memory, which is the sensory memory for visual stimuli. Iconic memory is a type of sensory memory that stores visual information for a short period, just like how the image on the screen takes a while to fade away. Echoic memory is similar but refers to auditory information, while short-term and long-term memory are more related to the processing and storage of information in the brain.

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