What Is Working Memory?
The type of memory you’re using when you’re holding onto directions long enough to follow them.
What is working memory?...
The psychologist who proposed the “magic number” for short term memory capacity.
Who is George Miller?...
This memory method uses a distraction task to stop rehearsal and test how fragile memory is.
What is the Peterson & Peterson technique?...
This component acts like a supervisor, deciding what deserves attention and what should be ignored.
What is the central executive?...
This explains why you usually remember the last items on a list.
What is the recency effect?...
This memory system stores experiences, knowledge, and facts that build up over your lifetime.
What is long term memory?...
Breaking a long number into parts, like a phone number, is an example of this strategy.
What is chunking?...
When old information makes it harder to remember something new, this is happening.
What is proactive interference?...
This part of working memory helps with reading, counting, and silently repeating information.
What is the phonological loop?...
This explains why the first items on a list tend to stick better.
What is the primacy effect?...
This idea explains why we can’t hold unlimited information in mind at once.
What is limited capacity?...
Miller’s research focused on internal mental activity during a time when psychology mostly focused on behavior you could see.
What is cognitive processing?...
Switching to a new category, improves memory by reducing interference.
What is release from proactive interference?...
This system helps process visual layouts, navigation, and spatial information.
What is the visuospatial sketchpad?...
This component explains why listening and driving at the same time can be difficult.
What is the visuospatial sketchpad?...