Compare And Contrast Working And Reference Memory

1. Compare and contrast working and reference memory. The difference between these two types of memory are the "retention"(p.311) period necessary to the situation. Working memory is a temporary retention, meaning that that information is only stored long enough to complete a task before being soon discarded. However, pieces of information can be moved from working to reference memory, also known as long-term memory. Reference memory uses background information to succesfully use incoming and recently acquired information. "All successful uses of working memory require appropriate reference memories".

4. Describe how retrospective and prospective coding can be differentiated experimentally. Retrospective coding is a memory code where information