Jen's dad is sending her to the grocery store for a few last minute items for dinner. Her dad lists 10 items Jen should buy and Jen repeats the list to herself as she walks to the store. As she is checking out, Jen realizes she only has the first three items her dad mentioned, and the last three. She cannot remember what the other items were. This U-shaped pattern of recall is evidence for:

A. the small capacity of LTM

B. Jen's lack of attention

C. two distinct memory processes

D. the long duration of STM


C. two distinct memory processes

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