Working memory model

Question 1

central executive

Answer 1

filters information to determine which information received by the sense organs is and isn’t attended to

Question 2

capacity of the central executive

Answer 2

limited (4 items)

Question 3

phonological loop

Answer 3

processes auditory (sound) information

Question 4

capacity of the phonological loop

Answer 4

words that are said in 2 seconds

Question 5

primary acoustic

Answer 5

the inner ear. holding words recently heard

Question 6

articulatory process

Answer 6

the inner voice. Hold information via sub-vocal repitition

Question 7

Visio-spatial sketchpad

Answer 7

processes visual and spatially coded information

Question 8

visual cache

Answer 8

A passive store of form and colour

Question 9

inner scribe

Answer 9

active store holding the relationship between objects in 3D space

Question 10

episodic buffer

Answer 10

A temporary store of integrated information by the Central executive, phonological loop, Visio-spatial sketchpad and Long term memory

Question 11

Evidence that the PL and VSS are separate: Baddeley (1975)

Answer 11

• PPTS were asked to perform two visual task
• They were asked to track a moving light and describe the angles of the hollow letter f
• The task was hard as both tasks require the VSS

Question 12

Evidence for PL capacity

Answer 12

• PPTS was visually shown a word list and then asked to write them down in the same order
• One condition had monosyllabic words like bond and yield
• the second condition had polysyllabic words like opportunity
• PPTS can recall more monosyllabic words than polysyllabic words
• This suggest that the capacity of the PL is the time it takes to say the word

Question 13

WMM AO3: inferences

Answer 13

Models of the memory cannot be directly observed so researches have to make inferences on the structure of memory based on behaviour observed during experimentation. These inferences could be incorrect.