Question

In the relationship between working and long-term memory, does one depend on the other? Why or why not? Can each provide input to the other? Why or why not? What asymmetries, if any, exist in this relationship? Why? How might instruction be different if one or the other is the primary goal of an instructional process? Why?

Answer 1

• Since they both work in relationship to one another,they do dependent on each.The information doesnt stay in the short term memory for too long,if not attended to but through elaborative rehersal it can be stored in the long term memory.
• elaborative rehearsal involves giving the information meaning and associating it with other information. For instance, mnemonics facilitate Elaborative rehearsal by associating the first letter of each of a list of items with some other information that is already stored in memory. It seems only elaborative rehearsal can help consolidate the information from working memory into a more lasting form – called long-term memory.
• So,in order to store information for a long term period of time,working memory depends on long term memory to store it,and long term memory requires working memory to engage in rehersal process in order to store the information in a detailed and meaningful manner.
• If the information from short term memory is to be stopped from getting decayed,rehersal is required to store it in long term memory for later use.
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