You are trying to remember a set of similarsounding words. Unfortunately, as yourehearse them you start to mix them up witheach other. Therefore, your memory for thesewords is worse than for dissimilar words. Thisis a demonstration ofO distractionO the word length effectO articulatory suppressionO the phonological similarity effect

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Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

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ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Chapter1: The Science Of Psychology

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You are trying to remember a set of similar
sounding words. Unfortunately, as you
rehearse them you start to mix them up with
each other. Therefore, your memory for these
words is worse than for dissimilar words. This
is a demonstration of
O distraction
O the word length effect
O articulatory suppression
O the phonological similarity effect

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Memory is the means by which we draw on our past experiences in order to use this information in the present' (Sternberg, 1999). Memory is the term given to the structures and processes involved in the storage and subsequent retrieval of information. Memory is essential to all our lives. Without a memory of the past, one cannot operate in the present or think about the future. One would not be able to remember what we did yesterday, what we have done today or what we plan to do tomorrow. Without memory, one could not learn anything. Memory is involved in processing vast amounts of information. This information takes many different forms, e.g. images, sounds or meaning.