Your instructor is lecturing in class when security knocks on the door

The instructor goes to the door, gets the note from security, and gives it to a student, who exits the classroom. The instructor looks at the class and asks, "Now where was I in the lecture notes?" This situation illustrates how short­term memory is affected by
a. dishabituation.
b. priming.
c. chunking.
d. displacement.

ANSWER: d

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