Evaluation

Question 1

Clinical evidence

Answer 1

Strength

KF had brain damage and had poor STM ability for verbal info

E.g difficulty with sounds but could process visual information

Only phonological loop was damaged while other areas have been left intact.

Supports existence of separate stores.

Question 2

Dual task performance

Answer 2

Strength suppor sets separate existence of visio spatial sketches

Baddeley. Pp had difficulty doing two visual tasks than one verbal and visual task

Two visual task means competeing for the sqme system

Must be seperate sub systems

Question 3

Lack of clarity over central executive

Answer 3

Limitation as ce does not explain anything.

Ce needs to be more than just attention

E.g. some sychologist believes it is made up of many separate components

Wmm not fully explained.

Question 4

Studies of the word
length effect support
the phonological loop

Answer 4

Baddeley et al. (1975)
demonstrated that people find
it more difficult to remember
a list of long words rather than
short words. This is word length effect

Because there is a finite space
for rehearsal in the articulatory
process (about two
seconds’ worth).

The word length effect disappears if a person is given an articulatory suppression task means that your
articulatory process is kept busy.

Shows pl is an important part of wmm