Reherseal

Question 1

Rehearsal

Answer 1

Rehearsal

• Consciously manipulating information to facilitate a longer duration in STM is known as rehearsal.
• Rehearsal also gives a greater chance of the information being transferred to the LTM.
• It can take the form of maintenance or elaborative rehearsal

Question 2

Maintenance Rehearsal

Answer 2

Maintenance Rehearsal – involves the repetition of information a number of times so it can be held in short term memory for longer than the usual approx. 20 seconds,

Question 3

Elaborative Rehearsal

Answer 3

Elaborative Rehearsal – Involves linking new information in some meaningful way with information already stored in long term memory, or with other pieces of new information, to hold it in long term memory.