In the chapter on memory, you learned that our sensory memory is a temporary storage facility with a duration of only a brief second or two where information is maintained while we decide what to do with it
In the filter theory of attention, the sensory __________ serves the same purpose of holding information until it is accepted or rejected by a filter.
a. container
b. retainer
c. nucleus
d. buffer
Answer: D
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