the working memory model

Question 1

who studied the working memory model?

Answer 1

Baddeley and Hitch (1974)

Question 2

what is the working memory model?

Answer 2

the ‘mental space’ that is active when, for example, working on a maths problem or playing chess

Question 3

central executive

Answer 3

supervisory role- allocates slave systems and has limited storage capacity

Question 4

phonological loop

Answer 4

auditory information and preserves the order of info
- phonological store- stores words you hear
- articulatory process- allows maintenance rehearsal

Question 5

visuo-spatial sketchpad

Answer 5

visual cache and inner scribe (visual or spatial info)

Question 6

episodic buffer

Answer 6

integrates processing of slave systems and maintains sequencing
links to LTM

Question 7

one strength of the working memory model

Answer 7

• support from clinical evidence
• Shallice and Warrington (1970) - patient KF who had a brain injury
• STM for auditory information was poor but could process visual info

Question 8

one limitation of the working memory model

Answer 8

• lack of clarity over the central executive
• Baddeley said the CE was the most important but the least understood
• more to the CE than attention