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- 1CodingA format in which information is stored in the various memory stores.
- 2CapacityThe amount of information that can be held in a memory store.
- 3DurationLength of time information can be held in memory.
- 4Short-term memoryLimited-capacity memory store. Coding is mainly acoustic, capacity between 5 and 9 items on average, duration is between about 18 and 30 seconds.
- 5Long-term memoryPermanent memory store coding is mainly semantic, it has a unlimited capacity and can store memories for up to lifetime.
- 6Acoustically SimilarWords that sound similar (cat, cab).
- 7Acoustically dissimilarWords sounded different (pit, few).
- 8Semantically similarWords with similar meanings (large, big).
- 9Semantically dissimilarWords that all have different meanings (hot, good).
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- As level Psychology (Chapter 2 - Memory) Flashcards on Keywords , created by Sade RT on 15/02/2017.
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