Measures of variability refer to the dispersion of data around the mean or the center

The mechanic at your car dealership is discussing work that needs to be done to your "rack and pinion." What happens as this information enters your short-term memory?

a) Information from long-term memory is retrieved and used to make sense of what you are being told. b) The information you just heard is immediately encoded so that it can be rehearsed and used at a later time. c) Old memories related to the concept are erased so that the memory "slate" is cleared for new processing of information. d) The new words are repeated over and over again until they are finally placed in long-term memory, where they will be connected to existing memories.

In the movie "The Chosen," based on the book by Chaim Potok, one of the main characters, Danny, is able to recite verbatim an entire newspaper article from memory after looking at it for fewer than 10 seconds. This is an example of __________ memory

a. flawless b. eidetic c. photographic d. iconic