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| storage of visual and auditory input that last a few seconds |
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| receives information from sensory memory and has a limited span |
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| receives information from short term memory and stores it permanently |
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| capacity of short term memory for items |
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| recall of items presented in a sequence where first and last are recalled best |
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| practice by repetition of an item of information to encourage transfer into LTM |
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| loss of items from STM by new items arriving |
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| loss of items from STM by degradation |
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| method of expanding the STM span by grouping items |
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| method of encouraging transfer of information to LTM by adding structure |
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| method of encouraging transfer of information to LTM by adding meaning |
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| use of non-semantic methods of transfer of information to LTM e.g. rehearsal |
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| use of semantic methods of transfer of information to LTM e.g. elaboration |
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| recall of information from memory |
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| aids to the retrieval of memories from LTM |
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