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define memory |
the process by which we retain information about events that have happened in the immediate past and distant past |
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define short term memory |
it holds information that an individual is consciously thinking about at one time |
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define long term memory |
memory of events that are in the past/distant past. 3 types are episodic, procedural, semantic |
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compare duration of LTM and STM |
LTM- potentially forever WHEREAS STM- 18 seconds |
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compare capacity of LTM and STM |
LTM- potentially unlimited WHEREAS STM- 7 plus or minus 2 chunks of info |
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compare encoding of LTM and STM |
LTM- semantic WHEREAS STM- acoustic |
