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STM Working Memory

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Working Memory   show
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Interference Theory   show
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Decay Theory   show
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Retroactive Interference   show
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show Forgetting that occurs because of itnereference from material encountered before learning.  
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show Reducing proactive interference by having info be dissimilar from earlier material.  
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Memory Span   show
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show ID stimuli that vary along a single, sensory continuum.  
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show A cluster of items that has been stored as a unit in LTM.  
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show A memory code based on the sound of the stimulus.  
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Semantic Code   show
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show An error that sounds like the correct answer.  
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show Any of the basic sounds of a language that are combined to form speech.  
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show Silently speaking to oneself.  
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Lexical Alteration   show
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show Changing the order of words in a sentence to change the meaning of the sentence.  
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show Using different wors to express the same ideas in a sentence.  
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Memory Set   show
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Self-terminating Search   show
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Exhaustive Search   show
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show 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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show To sequentially compare a test item with items in STM to determine if there's a match.  
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Slope   show
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show A component of Baddeley's working memory model that maintains and manipulates acoustic information.  
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show A component of Baddeley's working memory model that maintains and manipulates visual/spatial info.  
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Central Executive   show
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show An integration of memory codes such as combining visual and verbal codes.  
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