You are doing poorly in a game that requires you to remember random strings of letters and then rearrange them into a word in your mind. You tell your friend that you have a problem with your short-term memory and they say, "No, I think it is your working memory that has a problem." How are short-term memory and working memory different?
◦ They aren't different. They are just two different names for the part of memory between sensory memory and long-term memory.
◦ Short-term memory holds less information than working memory.
◦ They are different names for the same part of memory that holds information for a brief period of time.
◦ Short-term memory is viewed as a passive place to store memories for a short time, whereas working memory is seen as actively processing information obtained from the environment.