Suzy looks up from her lunch, realizing that Jacques has just said something to her. What was it? Oh, yes, he has just asked her if she wants to go to the movies. Suzy's ability to retrieve what Jacques said is due to her ____________.
A) iconic sensory memory
B) echoic sensory memory
C) short-term memory
D) tactile sensory memory

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Echoic sensory memory is the sensory memory responsible for processing auditory information, such as spoken words. Suzy's ability to retrieve Jacques' question about going to the movies suggests that her echoic sensory memory was functioning properly. Iconic sensory memory is responsible for processing visual information, tactile sensory memory for touch, and short-term memory is not involved in the immediate retrieval of Jacques' question.

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