A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you, followed by a tone. You attempt to recall a portion of the displ
ay based on the specific tone you heard. What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess? A. primary memory
B. sensory memory
C. long-term memory
D. short-term memory
According to the information processing model, there are three basic forms of memory storage, they are:
1. Sensory memory.
2. Short-term memory.
3. Long-term memory.
Sensory memory: This is the very first stage of the memory storage and it lasts for the shortest-term. Sensory memory retains various impressions of particular sensory information after the extinction of the original stimuli. It is used to transfer the memory in short-term memory.
The sensory memory is of three types including iconic memory, echoic memory, and haptic memory.
