Working Memory Model Flashcards

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1
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Psychologists that suggest WMM

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Baddeley and hitch

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2
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Describe the WMM

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STM = active store

Provides extra explanation of MSM

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3
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5 parts of WMM

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  • central executive
  • Visio - spatial sketchpad
  • phonological loop
  • episodic buffer
  • LTM
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Central executive (CE)

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  • Determines which info received from sense organs is and isn’t attended to
  • directs info to slave system and collects responses from them
  • no capacity
  • selective
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5
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When is the CE selective

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  • when their is more than 1 type of info
  • creates a balance between tasks
  • only cope with one strand of information at once
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Phonological loop (PL)

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Auditory info and order of info

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7
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2 Categories of PL

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  • primary acoustic store

- articulacy process

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8
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What is the primary acoustic store

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Stores words recently heard

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9
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What is the articulacy process

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  • Keeps info in the PL through sub vocal repetition
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Visuo - spatial sketchpad (VSS)

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  • Temporary store for visual and spatial items and the relationship between them
  • helps us interact with our physical environment
  • coded and rehearsed through mental pictures
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11
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Who suggested 2 parts of the VSS

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Logie

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12
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Logies 2 parts of VSS

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Visual cache and inner scribe

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13
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Visual cache

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Form and colour

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14
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Inner scribe

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Handles spatial relationships

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15
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Capacity of the VSS

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Limited

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16
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Capacity of PL

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Limited capacity - determined by the amount of info that can be spoken aloud in 2 secs

17
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What was added by Baddeley in 2000

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The episodic buffer

18
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Episodic buffer

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Temporarily stores info combined together from CE,PL,VSS AND LTM

19
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Why is the episodic buffer required

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PL and VSS have limited storage and the CE has no storage

20
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Evaluation of WMM - supporting Research

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Dual task study:

  • baddeley
  • ppts struggles to carry out 2 simultaneous and complex tasks
  • suggest that CE has limited capacity as it can only cope with one take at one time

Brain scanning study:

  • pet scans
  • different brain areas activated by verbal and visual tasks
  • supports the idea of separate components (PL & VSS)
21
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Equation of WMM - criticisms

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  • not clear how CE works

- specific capacity not stated therefore possible to disprove it with research evidence

22
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Dual tasks study criticism

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Lack ecological validity

Lac mundane realism