In an original study that explored how information is stored in long-term memory, Collins and Quillian (1969) asked participants to respond "true" or "false" as quickly as possible to sentences such as "a canary is a bird" and "a canary is an animal." The results of this study suggest that
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Information Processing Model
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In the information-processing model, the first process in the memory system is _____ memory.
A
iconic
B
short-term
C
long-term
D
sensory

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Understand the information-processing model of memory, which describes how information is encoded, stored, and retrieved in the human brain.
Recognize that the model consists of three main stages: sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.
Identify that sensory memory is the initial stage where sensory information is captured very briefly before it is processed further.
Differentiate between types of sensory memory, such as iconic memory (visual) and echoic memory (auditory), which hold information for a fraction of a second.
Conclude that in the information-processing model, the first process in the memory system is sensory memory, as it is responsible for the initial capture of sensory information.
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