You are listening to a political roundtable on a current issue. As the experts discuss some complicated points, you are reminded of past similar events, which you use to make sense of what they are saying
What does this situation illustrate concerning memory?
a) You can listen to and process only about seven ideas at a time.
b) You are retrieving information from long-term memory into working memory.
c) Sensory memory is very easily overwhelmed and leads to a shutdown of all memory storage.
d) We tend to focus too much on voices and too little on visual information when we process information.
ANS: b
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