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PSY 416 Ch. 4

STM Working Memory

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