2.2: The episodic buffer

Question 1

Outline the central executive and episodic buffer components of the WMM (6 marks)

Answer 1

The central executive acts as a filter to decide which information received by the sensory organs is attended to

Question 2

Outline the central executive and episodic buffer components of the WMM (6 marks).
The central executive acts as a filter to decide which information received by the sensory organs is attended to.
What does it then do?

Answer 2

It then sends attended information to relevant slave systems

Question 3

Outline the central executive and episodic buffer components of the WMM (6 marks).
The central executive acts as a filter to decide which information received by the sensory organs is attended to.
It then sends attended information to relevant slave systems.
It is the central executive that allows us to do what?

Answer 3

It is the central executive that allows us to switch attention between different inputs of sensory information

Question 4

Outline the central executive and episodic buffer components of the WMM (6 marks).
The central executive acts as a filter to decide which information received by the sensory organs is attended to.
It then sends attended information to relevant slave systems.
It is the central executive that allows us to switch attention between different inputs of sensory information.

The episodic buffer

Answer 4

The episodic buffer is a slave system of the WMM

Question 5

Outline the central executive and episodic buffer components of the WMM (6 marks).
The central executive acts as a filter to decide which information received by the sensory organs is attended to.
It then sends attended information to relevant slave systems.
It is the central executive that allows us to switch attention between different inputs of sensory information.

The episodic buffer is a slave system of the WMM.
How does it function?

Answer 5

It functions as a temporary store of integrated information

Question 6

Outline the central executive and episodic buffer components of the WMM (6 marks).
The central executive acts as a filter to decide which information received by the sensory organs is attended to.
It then sends attended information to relevant slave systems.
It is the central executive that allows us to switch attention between different inputs of sensory information.

The episodic buffer is a slave system of the WMM.
It functions as a temporary store of integrated information from where?

Answer 6

It functions as a temporary store of integrated information from the:

1. Central executive
2. Phonological loop
3. Visuospatial sketchpad
4. Long-term memory

Question 7

Outline the central executive and episodic buffer components of the WMM (6 marks).
The central executive acts as a filter to decide which information received by the sensory organs is attended to.
It then sends attended information to relevant slave systems.
It is the central executive that allows us to switch attention between different inputs of sensory information.

The episodic buffer is a slave system of the WMM.
It functions as a temporary store of integrated information from the central executive, phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad and long-term memory.
Why is it needed?

Answer 7

It is needed, because no other component of the WMM has the capacity to hold integrated information