the working memory model Flashcards

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what is the role of the central executive?

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  • process that monitors incoming data

- allocates info to slave systems

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what is the capacity of the central executive?

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-limited processing capacity

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3
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give an evaluation point for the central executive?

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WEAKNESS

  • lack of clarity
  • believed to need more clarification
  • believe it consists of many components
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what is the Phonological loop + role?

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  • deals with auditory info

- stores words we hear

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what is the capacity of the Phonological loop?

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  • limited

- rehearsal capacity = 2 seconds

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give evaluation for the Phonological loop?

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STRENGTH

  • KF had brain damage
  • could process visual info but not verbal
  • suggests the Phonological store was damaged
  • supports the separate store in loop
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why may evidence of KF not be reliable and what for?

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WEAKNESS

  • the Phonological loop
  • he was brain damaged and therefore abnormal
  • may not be reliable
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what is and role of visual-spatio sketchpad

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  • stors visual info
  • visual cache: stores visual data
  • inner scribe: records object arrangement
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give evaluation for visual-spatio sketchpad?

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STRENGTH

  • dual performance supports separate existence of sketchpad and loop
  • pp found it hard to do 2 visual tasks than a visual and verbal task simultaneously
  • shows slave system is limited capacity and competition for space
  • therefore 2 different slave systems
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10
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what is role of the episodic buffer

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  • added recently to model

- links working memory to LTM through rehearsal

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what are the key sections of the WMM?

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  • central executive
  • phonological loop
  • visual-spatio sketch pad
  • episodic buffer
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what are the two stores in the -visual-spatio sketch pad?

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  • inner scribe

- visual cache

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what are the two stores in the phonological loop?

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  • articulatory control system

- phonological store

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