1.4 - Working Memory Model

Question 1

What does the WMM focus on and who made it?

Answer 1

STM stores
Baddeley and Hitch (1974)

Question 2

What is the central executive?

Answer 2

• Function is to receive and direct information to one of the other 3 stores
• Limited capacity
• Cannot store data

Question 3

What is the phonological loop?

Answer 3

Deals with auditory information and the order of information
- Limited capacity
- Divided into two sub sectors

Question 4

What are the two sub sectors of the phonological loop and their functions?

Answer 4

Phonological store
- Holds the words you hear

Articulatory process
- Used for words heard or seen
- Silently repeated like an inner voice

Question 5

What is the visuo-spatial sketchpad?

Answer 5

Used to store visual and spatial information
- Divided into two sectors

Question 6

What are the two sectors of the Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad and their function?

Answer 6

Visual cache
- Stores information about visual information

Inner scribe
- Stores the arrangement of objects/spacial information

Question 7

What was the Episodic Buffer and when was it added?

Answer 7

Added in 2000 by Baddeley
- Role is to integrate and temporarily store info
- Passes info to LTM