Working Memory Model Flashcards
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Working memory model
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- proposed by Bradley and hitch
- focuses on short term memory
- considers the fact that STM is more complex than just one store
2
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In the working memory model what does the episodic buffer do
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- binds and integrates information from all the other components
- sends information to the long term memory
3
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What happened with the patient HM
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- in an attempt to control his seizures Hm underwent brain surgery to remove his hippocampus and amygdala
- after surgery his seizures decreased but he could to longer form new memories or remember the prior 11 years of his life
4
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Why H.M is not the best case study
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- ONE PERSON - can’t generalise
-ONE OFF CASE - lacks reliability
5
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What are the three types of long term memory
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- episodic memory- events in our lives in chronological order
- semantic - meaning, knowledge eg reading
- procedural - how we do things eg driving
6
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What does the episodic buffer do
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The episodic buffer binds and integrates information from all the other components, and sends information to the long term memory
7
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What does the Visio spatial sketch pad so
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- temporary storage of visual and spatial information,
- visual cache stores visual data
- inner scribe records the arrangement of objects in the visual field
8
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What does the phonological loop do
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- deals with auditory information and preserves the order in which the information arrives
-the phonological store, stores words you hear - articulatory process allows maintenance rehearsal (repeating sounds in a loop to keep them in working memory)
9
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Sensory register
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- large capacity - miller 7+-2
- coding - senses
- small duration - Peterson & Peterson - her herbal duration = 18-30 secs
- when attention is paid it transfers to the STM -
- acoustically
10
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LTM
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- Barack found that duration can be a lifetime
- capacity unlimited
- it would be necessary to retrieve information from LTM
