Another Name for Short-Term Memory Is Working Memory

question 512

True/False

Another name for short-term memory is working memory.

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Definitions:

Temporary Insanity

A legal defense theory that a person was insane during the commission of a crime but regained sanity after the act.

Mental Disease

A broad category of conditions affecting an individual's thinking, perception, behavior, or mood, significantly impacting day-to-day life.

Voluntary Use

The choice or decision to use or engage in a particular behavior or substance without coercion.

Irresistible Impulse Rule

A legal defense theory that argues a defendant was compelled by an uncontrollable impulse to perform an illegal act, as a result of mental illness, and therefore should not be held accountable.