The Working Memory Model: Strengths Flashcards
strength studies
Shallice and Warrington (1974)
Gathercole and Baddeley (1993)
Shallice and Warrington date
1974
Gathercole and Baddeley date
1993
Shallice and Warrington found support for the working memory model though…
their case study of KF
Shallice and Warrington: KF was…
a brain damaged patient who had an impaired short term memory
Shallice and Warrington: what was KF’s problem?
immediate recall of words presented verbally but not with visual information
Shallice and Warrington: what was suggested about KF?
impaired articulatory loop but an intact visuo-spatial sketchpad
Shallice and Warrington: how does KF’s problem support the working memory model?
the findings could not have been explained by the multi store model, which proposed that short term memory was just one system
Gathercole and Baddeley: participants were split into…
two groups
Gathercole and Baddeley: all the participants…
had to carry out a task where they had to follow a moving spot light
Gathercole and Baddeley: following a moving spot light would use
the visuo-spatial sketchp
Gathercole and Baddeley: at the same time…
one group of participants also had to describe the angles on a letter
Gathercole and Baddeley: describing the angles on a letter uses
the visuo-spatial sketchp
Gathercole and Baddeley: the second group were given a second task…
that would use the phonological loop
Gathercole and Baddeley: the second group had to…
do a verbal task whilst following the light
