The Textbook Offers Tips for Transferring Information from Short-Term Memory

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Essay

The textbook offers tips for transferring information from short-term memory (STM) to long-term memory (LTM) and tips for retrieving information stored in LTM. Describe two recommended ways to achieve the first goal and two ways to achieve the second.

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Definitions:

Reliability Coefficient

A measure indicating the consistency of a set of scores obtained from repeated measurements of the same phenomenon.

Parallel Forms Reliability

A measure of reliability obtained by administering different versions of an assessment tool to the same group of individuals and correlating the results.

Internal Consistency Reliability

A measure of the extent to which all items in a test measure the same concept or construct.

Test-Retest Reliability

A measure of consistency where the same test is administered to the same participants at two different points in time to assess the stability of the results.