Suan has to make an important phone call. Unfortunately, his cell phone is not charged so he has to use his parents' old landline, which does not store phone numbers. To make the call, he has to get the number from his cell phone and remember it long enough to dial it on the landline. For this task, which part of memory is most important? sensory memory, long-term memory, working memory automatic processing

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Biology

Ariella Hays

27 March, 08:26

Suan has to make an important phone call. Unfortunately, his cell phone is not charged so he has to use his parents' old landline, which does not store phone numbers. To make the call, he has to get the number from his cell phone and remember it long enough to dial it on the landline. For this task, which part of memory is most important? sensory memory, long-term memory, working memory automatic processing

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Libby Cline · Answer 1

The correct option is working memory.

Explanation:

The working memory of a person can hold information temporarily. The capacity of the working memory to hold any information is limited. Some scientists consider working memory to be a short term memory while other scientists debate these to processes to be different.

As in the above scenario, Suan has to learn a number to make a call it will his working memory which will act to store the number temporarily.