Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 8

Let's follow the progress of information from the time it enters sensory memory to its storage in long-term memory. For an instant to several seconds, incoming raw information is held in (a) _____. If you do not pay attention to this information, it disappears forever; if you pay attention, that information is automatically transferred into short-term memory. The transfer of information from sensory memory into short-term memory is controlled by the process of (b) _____.