While your Mom is lecturing you about cleaning your room, you lose concentration. Then, suddenly you hear the significant words,"no car keys." When she asks, "Are you listening to me?" you are able to repeat the last few things she said before mentioning carkeys. Which of the following best explains this phenomenon? A. Because you have heard the same lecture many times, rehearsal has caused it to be stored in long-termmemory. B. Words stored in echoic memory will last for 3 to 4 seconds, so you can still recall her words. C. What your Mom said at the beginning and end of her lecture will be recalled because of the serial positioneffect. D. Because losing driving privileges is an emotional event, her words create a flashbulb memory. E. Hearing the words "car keys" leads to the priming of specific memories.

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Slade Wang

7 August, 22:26

While your Mom is lecturing you about cleaning your room, you lose concentration. Then, suddenly you hear the significant words,"no car keys." When she asks, "Are you listening to me?" you are able to repeat the last few things she said before mentioning carkeys. Which of the following best explains this phenomenon? A. Because you have heard the same lecture many times, rehearsal has caused it to be stored in long-termmemory. B. Words stored in echoic memory will last for 3 to 4 seconds, so you can still recall her words. C. What your Mom said at the beginning and end of her lecture will be recalled because of the serial positioneffect. D. Because losing driving privileges is an emotional event, her words create a flashbulb memory. E. Hearing the words "car keys" leads to the priming of specific memories.

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Karli Yates · Answer 1

B. Words stored in echoic memory will last for 3 to 4 seconds, so you can still recall her words.

Explanation:

Echoic memory is the sensory memory that stores specific and auditory information or sounds. The auditory stimuli once heard, it is well stored in the memory so that it can be processed and understood. The sound of the word or information heard is stored for a very short term memory called the echoic memory.

Thus the answer is - - (B)