The relatively permanent part of the memory system is called what?

• A. Long-Term Memory
• B. Short-Term Memory
• C. Working Memory
• D. Sensory Memory

Answer: (A)

Long-term memory is the relatively permanent part of the memory system. It stores vast amounts of information for extended periods, from days to a lifetime, and retrieval is driven by cues and context. Information gets into long-term memory through encoding that is meaningful or elaborative, and it includes both explicit memory for facts and events and implicit memory for skills and habits. In contrast, sensory memory holds rapidly fading impressions of stimuli, short-term memory retains only a small amount for a brief time, and working memory is the active system used to hold and manipulate information during complex tasks.