The momentary lingering of an image or sound after the stimulus has been removed is called:

A. sensory memory
B. long-term memory
C. short-term memory
D. semantic memory


Answer: A

Psychology

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A. discontinuous change B. continuous change C. critical period D. natural change

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Jack suffered a brain injury as a result of hitting his head while waterskiing. One of the problems that developed was that Jack could not pronounce certain words correctly for a long period of time until he had extensive speech therapy

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At the neural level, information is encoded by the ______ of action potentials

a. intensity b. complexity c. duration d. frequency

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What will be an ideal response?

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