AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Working memory is often used synonymously with short-term memory, but some theorists consider the two forms of memory distinct, assuming that working memory allows for the manipulation of stored information, whereas short-term memory only refers to the short-term storage of information.

Detailed explanation-2: -Working memory is related to short-term memory, but it lasts slightly longer and is involved in the manipulation of information. If someone tells you something and you write it down, it might not matter that your short-term memory is faulty because you don’t have to hold on to that memory beyond documenting it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Working memory, sometimes called short-term memory, refers to the processes that allow us to hold on to and manipulate information we are currently aware of and working on.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some authors have used the terms ‘short-term memory’ and ‘working memory’ as synonymous, and indeed the term ‘working memory’ has been gradually replacing the term ‘short-term memory’ in the literature (and some authors now refer to ‘short-term working memory’; see Estes 1999).

Detailed explanation-5: -The working memory and short-term memory are sometimes confused with each other. The short-term memory stores information for a few seconds, while the working memory processes and structures the information for a short time.