The Working Model Of Memory

Question 1

Who proposed the working model of memory?

Answer 1

Baddeley and Hitch in 1974

Question 2

What is the working model of memory and what does it do?

Answer 2

It’s a detailed explanation of short-term memory and it describes how we temporarily store and manipulate information.

Question 3

What are the five components of the working model of memory?

Answer 3

The sensory register
Visual spatial sketch pad
The central executive
The phonological loop 
The episodic buffer

Question 4

What does central executive do?

Answer 4

It allocates slave systems to tasks – allocating attention, it has a very limited capacity.

Question 5

What does the visual spatial sketch pad day?

Answer 5

Stores visual and spatial information
Visual cache – stores visual data
Inner scribe – record arrangement of objects in the visual field

Question 6

What does the phonological loop do?

Answer 6

It deals with auditory information and preserve the order
The phonological store - stores words
The articulatory control - allows maintenance rehearsal

Question 7

What does the episodic buffer day?

Answer 7

Newly added in 2000 this is a temporary store for information
It integrates visual, spatial and verbal information while maintaining time sequencing.

Question 8

What are the evaluation points for the working model of memory?

Answer 8

• there is a lack of clarity over the central executive which is a key component
  + Baddeley et al. in 1975 so it’s hard to do to visual tasks television past and auditory task supports the idea of separate stores – dual task performance
  + KF had poor auditory memory but good visual memory supports the idea of different stores.