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STM Working Memory

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Working Memory   The use of STM as a temporary store for info needed to accomplish a particular task  
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Interference Theory   Proposal that forgetting occurs because other material interferes with the info in memory  
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Decay Theory   Proposal that info is spontaneously lost over time, even when there is no interference from other material.  
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Retroactive Interference   Forgetting that occurs because of interference from material encountered after learning  
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Proactive Interference   Forgetting that occurs because of itnereference from material encountered before learning.  
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Release from Proactive Interference   Reducing proactive interference by having info be dissimilar from earlier material.  
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Memory Span   The number of correct items that people can immediately recall from a sequence of items.  
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Absolute Judgement Task   ID stimuli that vary along a single, sensory continuum.  
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Chunks   A cluster of items that has been stored as a unit in LTM.  
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Acoustic Code   A memory code based on the sound of the stimulus.  
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Semantic Code   A memory coe based on the meaning of the stimulus.  
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Acoustic Confusion   An error that sounds like the correct answer.  
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Phoneme   Any of the basic sounds of a language that are combined to form speech.  
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Subvocalizing   Silently speaking to oneself.  
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Lexical Alteration   Substituting a word with a similar meaning for one of the words in a sentence.  
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Semantic Alteration   Changing the order of words in a sentence to change the meaning of the sentence.  
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Paraphase   Using different wors to express the same ideas in a sentence.  
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Memory Set   A set of items in STM that can be compared against a test item to determine if the test item is stored there.  
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Self-terminating Search   A search that stops as soon as the test item is successfully matched to an item in the memory set.  
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Exhaustive Search   A search that continues until the test item is compared with all items in the memory set.  
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Encode   To create a visual or verbal code for a test item so it can be compared with the memory code of items sotred in short-term memory.  
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Scan   To sequentially compare a test item with items in STM to determine if there's a match.  
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Slope   A measure of how much response time changes for each unit of change along the x-axis (memory-set size)  
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Phonological Loop   A component of Baddeley's working memory model that maintains and manipulates acoustic information.  
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Visuospatial Sketchpad   A component of Baddeley's working memory model that maintains and manipulates visual/spatial info.  
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Central Executive   A component of Baddeley's working memory model that manages the use of working memory.  
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Multimodal Code   An integration of memory codes such as combining visual and verbal codes.  
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