Features of STM and LTM Flashcards
1
Q
Capacity
Defenition
A
A measure of how much can be held memory. Measured in bits of information.
2
Q
Coding
Defenition
A
The way information is changed so that memory can be stored.
Visual- images
semantic- meaning
acoustic- sound
3
Q
Duration
Defenition
A
A measure of how long memory lasts before it is no longer avaliable.
Information will be lost quickly if not rehearsed.
4
Q
Long term Memory
LTM
A
Memory of events that happend in the past, between 2 minutes to 100 years.
Potentially unlimited capacity
Semantic coding
Duration measured in hours and days.
5
Q
Short Term Memory
STM
A
Memory of imidiate events.
Its memory has less than 7 chunks
Coding is acoustic (sound based)
Duration is measured in seconds and minutes
