alleryHolding onto information once it has been encoded is called:
ARecall
BStorage
CEncoding
DRetrieval
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Storage
1. Something must happen between putting information in and getting it out.
2. Once the information has been encoded, we have to somehow retain it.
3. That retaining is storage, the second memory function.
4. Retrieval only becomes possible because storage happened first.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 8 'Memory', sections 8.1-8.4_
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