WMM

Question 1

What does WMM challenge?

Answer 1

It challenges that STM is not a single store, rather it is made up of a number of different stores. It states that as long we are using different short-term memory stores, then there should not be a problem with multitasking.

Question 2

Central Executive

Answer 2

The central executive controls when and how the sub-components are used.

Question 3

Phonological loop

Answer 3

It is the auditory component of the STM and is divided into 2 component. The first component is the articulatory control system (inner voice) which holds information in verbal form. The second component is the phonological store or inner ear which holds auditory memory traces.

Question 4

Visuospatial sketchpad

Answer 4

Visual component of STM. It is a temporary store for visual and spatial information from either sensory memory or LTM.

Question 5

Episodic buffer

Answer 5

Temporarily holds several sources of information active at the same time.