AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Short-term memory (STM) is the capacity to keep a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Your activated but limited capacity memory is called short-term memory. Short-term memory receives all the information from your senses and processes it quickly, but the information in this subset of your memory is only briefly available, for about 30 seconds.

Detailed explanation-3: -The short-term memory/long-term memory distinction A capacity difference means that there is a limit in how many items short-term storage can hold. If there is only a limit in capacity, a number of items smaller than the capacity limit could remain in short-term storage until they are replaced by other items.

Detailed explanation-4: -Short-term memory (or “primary” or “active memory") is the capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short interval. For example, short-term memory holds a phone number that has just been recited.