Question

When an external event occurs, information about it FIRST goes to _____ memory, and then, if we _____ the information, it goes to _____ memory.

Answer 1

Answer:

1.  sensory;

2.  attend to;

3.  short-term

Explanation:

Sensory memory is a term in psychology that describes the shortest-term element of memory. It is defined as means to retain or keep impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

For example, shortest - term of memory is when an idividual sees an object briefly before it disappears. Once the object is no more in sight, it is still retained in the memory of such individual for a very short period of time.

Thus, Sensory information is concluded to be stored in sensory memory, then after assessing or recalling the memory, it gets transferred to short-term memory.

Hence, When an external event occurs, information about it FIRST goes to SENSORY memory, and then, if we ATTEND TO the information, it goes to SHORT-TERM memory.