Wmm Evaluation Flashcards
Name another strength
It has a lot of supporting evidence, research has shown that the Brain is used for different parts for different activities
Name 1 strength
It explains many psychology experiments and how they work such as kf who suffered from partial short term memory loss
Name a weakness
Some key evidence for te wmm comes from people with brain damage however there is no evidence or what they were like before and also the trauma tey have faced may affect the way they act
Another weakness?
some critics think its to vague ( the ce)
They say it doesn’t really do anything such as the case study on Evr done by Damasio and eslinger who he has sufferd brain trouble after tumour removal and whilst he did fine on tests he couldn’t decide where he wanted to eat which contradicts the ces original purpose
Phonological loop?
It’s the auditory store it deals with info that has been heard and stores it there to go into long term memory
Episodic buffer
Is the general store that fills in for over capacity interpreted info from all round
Visio spacial sketch pad
Decides what space you have - visual store such as how to get to next room