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6. What is WM?

  • Active, holding info from sensory input, stuff from LTM, or ongoing operations
  • Willy Mum
  • Inactive, holding no of info from sensory input and STM
  • Active, holding lots of info only from LTM and ongoing operations

7. How long were p's asked to recall trigram and what did results show?

  • 3 and 18 secs. Short delay = less recall.
  • Too long and they all died
  • 3,6,9,12,15,18. Longer delay = less recall; 3 secs = 80% recall
  • 3,6,9 secs. Long delay = more recall.

8. What was the traditional view of memory?

  • Einstein-70s: memory cannot be viewed
  • Darwin-60s: two routes of memory
  • Aristotle-50s: single faculty of mind
  • Patient HM: no memory whatsoever m8

9. What paradigm helps us investigate WM?

  • Brown-Peterson
  • Word on the street
  • Harlow-Pavlov
  • Sensory output, flashbacks and experience from others

10. What are the three reasons for a separate WM?

  • Introspection, physiology & complex systems
  • No, one, cares
  • Recognition, physiology, introspection
  • Senses, separate is easier to understand, imagery