⭐️ the working memory model✅

Question 1

what two psychologist introduced this model of memory?

Answer 1

Baddeley and Hitch

Question 2

what is it a model of?

how many parts does it have?

what are the 4 parts?

Answer 2

the STM

4

central executive, episodic buffer, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad

Question 3

what does the central excecutive do?

what are these systems called?

what is the capacity like?

Answer 3

monitors incoming data and allocates them to the systems

the slave systems

limited storage capacity

Question 4

what is the role of the phonological loop?

what is it subdivided into?

Answer 4

processes auditory info and preserves it in the order it arrives

> the phonological store = stores words you hear
articulatory process = allows maintenance rehearsal

Question 5

what Is the visuo- spatial sketchpad?

what does it subdivided into?

Answer 5

stores visual and spatial info

> the visual cache= stores visual data
inner scribe = records arrangement of objects

Question 6

what is the episodic buffer?

what does it intergrete?

how does it record things?

Answer 6

temporary storage of info

visual, spatial, and verbal info from other stores

in events/ episodes … links to the LTM

Question 7

AO3- WWM:

✅ 2 strengths

Answer 7

✅ the case of KF supports separate STM stores. shallice and Warrington studied a brain damaged patient who struggled to process verbal info but could do visual properly. This shows that there are separate STM components for visual information (VSS) and verbal information (phonological loop).

✅The working memory applies to real-life tasks:
- reading (phonological loop)

• problem solving (central executive)
• navigation (visual and spatial processing)
  increases the external validity and the mundane realism

Question 8

AO3- WWM:

❌ 2 weakness?

Answer 8

❌ lack of clarity over the central executive - the capacity of the CE has never been ,measured - critics claim the CE is unsatisfactory since it doesnt really explain anything… some believe it may have operate components this means it isnt fully explained

❌ Working memory only involves STM, so it is not a comprehensive model of memory (as it does not include LTM). some m ay prefer the multi store model as it involves the LTM