Peterson and Peterson asked people to count aloud backward after they were presented with three consonants.This study found that ________ memories will quickly disappear without active processing and rehearsal.

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The study by Peterson and Peterson pertained to the short-term memory, as the participants were asked to hold information for a brief period of time (about 18 seconds) without any active processing or rehearsal. The findings suggested that short-term memories will quickly disappear without active processing and rehearsal. Long-term memories have a more stable storage and retrieval process. Sensory memories are very brief and relate to the initial encoding of sensory information. Implicit memories involve unconscious memories for skills and habits, as opposed to explicit memories for events and facts. None of these types of memory were specifically examined in Peterson and Peterson's study.

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