Question

After Lola gave her friend the password to a protected website, her friend was able to remember it only long enough to type it into the password box. In this instance, the password was clearly stored in her _____ memory.

Answer 1

Answer:

Short term memory

Explanation:

Is the capacity an individual has to hold on to a small amount of information for a short period of time without altering it, it is used to remember information like phone numbers, passwords etc. It is also known as primary or active memory.

If short time memories is not rehearsed, they don't last and are easily forgotten, they actually last for about 20-30 seconds.

Aspects of short term memory :

1. Limited capacity : in a short term memory at most 7 items can be stored at a time.

2. Limited capacity : information is short lived and can be lost through distraction and with time.

3. Encoding.