Question

How are maintenance rehearsals different from elaborative rehearsals?

Answer 1

• Maintenance rehearsals maintain the information through repetition. The information is lost when the repetition is discontinued.

• The short term memory system uses maintenance rehearsal to retain the information for a longer duration and it is carried through silent or vocal repetition.

• On the other hand, elaborative rehearsals associate the information that is to be retained with the already existing information in long-term memory. The permanence of new information is determined by the number of associations that is created around it.

• The incoming information is organised in many different ways by expanding the logical framework and creating a mental image.