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Short Term Memory
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Total cards: 3•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026
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#1
Front (Question)
Short term memory
Back (Answer)
STM has a limited capacity and holds information for a short time The capacity of the STM can be improved by ‘chunking’
#2
Front (Question)
STM retainment
Back (Answer)
Information is retained in STM by rehearsal Information is lost from STM by displacement/decay
#3
Front (Question)
Working memory
Back (Answer)
STM can also process data, to a limited extent, as well as store it This ‘working memory model’ explains why the STM can perform single cognitive tasks