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- 1Define Long Term Memory(LTM)Your memory for events that happened in the past, anywhere from 2 minutes to 100 years. LTM has a potentially unlimited capacity and unlimited duration.
- 2How is LTM generally coded?Semantically
- 3Define Short Term Memory (STM)Your memory for immediate events. Sometimes referred to as the 'working memory'.
- 4Define capactityMeasure of how much can be held in memory
- 5Define CodingThe way information is changed so it can be stored in memory. Information enters the brain via the senses and then is stored in various forms such as visual codes, acoustic codes or semantic codes
- 6What is the duration of STM?18-30 seconds long
- 7What is the duration of LTM?Unlimited
- 8What is the capacity of the STM?7+_2 (5 to 9 items)
- 9What is the capacity of LTM?Unlimited
- 10How is STM generally coded?Acoustically
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- Just some basic definitions about memory
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