What is an example of using the phonological store in everyday life?

• A. Visualizing a map while talking.
• B. Recalling a scent from the past.
• C. Remembering a procedure by writing it down.
• D. Retaining information yelled from another room while solving a problem.

Answer: (D)

The phonological store in the phonological loop holds auditory or spoken information for a short time and is refreshed by subvocal rehearsal. Hearing information yelled from another room provides auditory input that you can keep in this store while you work through the problem, so you can use it when needed. The other scenarios tap into different parts of working memory: visualizing a map uses the visuospatial sketchpad; recalling a scent is olfactory memory, not phonological; remembering a procedure by writing it down relies more on externalizing or long-term memory than on maintaining spoken information in the phonological store.