Multiple Choice
Why did psychologists shift from addressing short-term memory to calling it working memory?
A) It was found that it only "works" in about 85% of those who were examined.
B) This memory stage was found to work both forward and backward from sensory to long-term memory stores.
C) It was discovered that there were multiple active processes that took place in this memory store.
D) Research identified this as the storage facility in which amnesia is most likely to occur.
E) Only through explicit encoding can working memory be encoded on to long-term stores.
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