Memory- WMM

Question 1

What is working memory

Answer 1

Short term memory in different sections based on types information

Question 2

Who proposed the WMM

Answer 2

Baddeley and Hitch

Question 3

What are the 4 sections of the WMM

Answer 3

Central executive, visuospatial sketchpad, phonological loop, episodic buffer

Question 4

What is the central executive

Answer 4

Drives system, decides how attention is directed, allocates resources to slave systems, limited capacity, no permanent storage capacity

Question 5

What research is there to support the central executive

Answer 5

Bunge (2000) - MRI used to see which parts of brain were most active during performance of one task and two at once. More activity during two tasks showing increased demand for attention on 2 tasks

Question 6

What is the visuo - spatial sketchpad (inner eye)

Answer 6

Slave system 1, deals with visual and spatial info, limited capacity, holds info for very short time, divided into visual cache - stores visual info, inner scribe - records arrangement of objects

Question 7

What researches there to support the VSS

Answer 7

Gathercole and Baddeley (1993) - Pt’s had difficulty tracking moving point of light and describing angles on a hollow letter F, as both require VSS use so VSS is a separate slave system

Question 8

What is the phonological loop

Answer 8

Slave system 2, deals with auditory info and the order of info, has limited capacity, split into phonological store - store of the words you hear, articulatory control process - allows rehearsal of heard words

Question 9

What research is there to support the phonological loop

Answer 9

Baddeley - found pt’s recalled more short words in serial order than longer ones, supporting capacity being set by how long words take to say

Question 10

What is the episodic buffer

Answer 10

Added to original model, temporary store that links with LTM integrating all info from stores to LTM

Question 11

What research is there to support the episodic buffer

Answer 11

Alkhakifa (2009) - patient with Beverly impaired LTM had STM capacity of up to 25 items showing buffer is needed

Question 12

What is a positive evaluation point for WMM

Answer 12

Research support - Gathercole and Baddeley found pt’s had difficulty simultaneously tracking moving point of light and describing angles on a hollow letter F showingVSS and PL are seperate

Question 13

What is a negative evaluation point for WMM

Answer 13

Artificial lab experiment - Baddeley asked pt’s to recall long serial words in order which is not relevant to real life scenarios - lacks external validity