Question

As she was walking down the street, a lovely hat in a store window caught Evelyn's eye. She noted the purple lilac print and yellow lace ribbon circling the wide, tipped brim. By the time she got to the next block, Evelyn had forgotten about the hat.

Which of the following most likely played a role in this situation of forgetting?
a. divided attention
b. sensory memory
c. inhibitory loss
d. implicit memory

Answer 1

Answer:

b. sensory memory

Explanation:

Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that the aspect that most likely played a role in this situation would be sensory memory. This is a type of memory with a very short life-cycle which allows individuals to hold on to sensory information after the original stimulus has ended, but only for a short moment. Which is what happened in this situation as Evelyn held on to the memory of what the hat looked like but only for a couple of moments.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. SENSORY MEMORY

Explanation:

Sensory memory is the inability of a person to retain memory of information or what they have think or thought for a long period of time.

Sensory memory happens when the information in the brain memory are been store for a short period of time in which the person tend to forget after the original stimuli have come to an end.

Example a person may see something that he desire but within a short frame the person tend to forget what he had saw because their memory cannot not retain information for a long period of time which is what happen to Evenly because her memory can only store information for a short time frame which makes her to forget about the hat.