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Jan 2013
1 Research has suggested that the encoding and capacity of short-term memory are different from the encoding and capacity of long-term memory.
1 (a) Explain what is meant by encoding.
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1 (b) Outline the difference between the capacity of short-term memory and the capacity of long-term memory.
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2 Three components of the working memory model are the central executive, the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial sketchpad.
2 (a) Briefly outline each of these components.
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