The Working Memory Model

Question 1

Who proposed the Working Memory Model?

Answer 1

Baddeley and Hitch (1974).

Question 2

What does the Working Memory Model consist of?

Answer 2

• The central executive.
• The phonological loop.
• The physiospatial sketchpad.
• The episodic buffer.

Question 3

How does the WMM compare to the MSM?

Answer 3

• Proposes a more dynamic view of short-term memory.
• Thinks of short-term memory as working memory.

Question 4

What are examples of working memory?

Answer 4

• Used when performing certain cognitive functions.
• Information in the long-term memory is accessed and transferred to working memory where it is combined with new information and manipulated.

Question 5

What is the central executive?

Answer 5

An attentional system which filters information to determine what it attended to.