Imagine that you have volunteered to participate in some psychology research. The researcher tells you to look at several words briefly, and then count backwards for about half a minute before recalling those words. The researcher is probably measuring

a. sensory memory.
b. long-term memory.
c. short-term memory.
d. semantic memory


Ans: c

Psychology

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