The working memory model Flashcards
1
Q
What are the components of the working memory model?
A
Central executive
Phonological loop
Visuo-spacial sketch pad
Episodic buffer
2
Q
What is the Central executive component?
A
- Supervisory function
- controls slave systems
allocates slave systems to particular tasks - can process information from any sensory modality
- has a limited capacity
3
Q
What is the phonological loop component?
A
- Auditory information is temporarily stored and manipulated here
- Has a limited capacity
- Divides into 2 separate components
4
Q
What are the 2 components of the phonological loop?
A
- Phonological store {inner ear}
- Articulatory control process {inner voice}
5
Q
What is the phonological store {inner ear}?
A
- holds the words you hear for a brief period of time
6
Q
What is the Articulatory control process {inner voice}?
A
- silently rehearsing the words you hear
- sub-vocal repetition
- prevents word decay by rehearsing the words
7
Q
What is the Visuo- spatial sketch pad?
A
- Inner eye
- Visual and spatial information is temporarily stored and manipulated here
- visual information is what things look like
- spatial information is the relationship between things
- it has a limited capacity
- it is divided into 2 separate components
8
Q
What are the 2 components of the Visuo - spatial sketch pad?
A
- Visual cache
- Inner scribe
9
Q
What is the component visual cache?
A
- stores visual information
10
Q
What is the component Inner scribe?
A
- Deals with spatial relations
11
Q
What is the Episodic buffer?
A
- Added by Baddely {2000}
- Extra storage system
- Has a limited capacity
- Integrates information from the other systems
- Also, maintains a sense of time sequencing by recording events {episodes} that are happening
