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Short Term Memory
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- 1What does STM stand for?Short Term Memory
- 2What is the capacity of STM?The capacity of STM is very limited.
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Older information tends to be pushed out for new information - 3Case study of STM?Miller, who termed the capacity of the STM 7+ / -2
- 4What is the coding in STM?Largely acoustic.
- 5How is information maintained in STM?Information is maintained through maintenance rehearsal.
- 6What is maintenance rehearsal?Where we repeat the same information again and again.
- 7What is the duration of STMThe duration of the STM is about 30 seconds.
If we rehearse the information, it will turn into long term memory.
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- AS - Level Psychology (Memory) Flashcards on Short Term Memory, created by beabusico01 on 24/02/2016.
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