Working Memory Model

Question 1

What are the 2 AO1 subheadings?

Answer 1

AO1- Intro & Central executive
AO1- 3 Slave Sytems

Question 2

AO1- Intro & Central executive

Key Terms

Answer 2

• Baddley and hitch (1974)
• STM organised and functions
• Mental space, temporary
• 4 main components
• limited capacity, no store
• control, manipulate, process, divert attention etc.

Question 3

Who proposed the WMM?

Answer 3

The WMM was proposed by Baddley and hitch (1974), as an explanation of how the STM is organised and how it functions

Question 4

How many components in WMM?

Answer 4

The model consists of 4 main components, each qualitatively different especially in terms of coding and capacity

Question 5

What can be said about the capacity and storage of the Central Executive?

Answer 5

The CE has a very limited processing capacity and does not store information

Question 6

What is the role of the CE?

Answer 6

The CE has a ‘supervisory’ role as it diverts attention to different memory stores or slave systems and controls, manipulates and processes this information

Question 7

AO1- 3 Slave Sytems

Key Terms

Answer 7

• phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad, episodic buffer
• acoustic, auditory, languages, phonological store (inner ear), sound-based code, decays 2 secs, articulatory process
• articulatory process (outer ear), revive, repetition, 1.5 to 2 secs
• visual, spatial, kinesthetic visual cache + inner scribe (3 to 4 items),
• episodic buffer, 2000, Baddedly, combines

Question 8

What are the 4 AO3s?

Answer 8

• CE too vague (-)
• Active processor (+)
• KF- suffered from brain damage which caused him to remember words better visually than acoustically (+)
• Berz 1995 (-)

Question 9

CE too vague (-)

Answer 9

For example, the role of the CE has not been adequately explained within the WMM

misunderstood -> hard to investigate -> robust -> validate -> lacks explanatory power

Question 10

Active processor (+)

Answer 10

For instance, unlike the MSM, the WMM is able to explain the temporary storage and active processing through the phonological store and the phonological loop

Deep understanding -> more research -> updated -> better explains

Question 11

Berz 1995 (-) STM not limited capacity

Answer 11

For instance, Berz (1995) found that individuals have the ability to listen to music without impairing performance on other acoustic tasks

question validity -> substantiate claims -> understanding -> theoretical

Question 12

AO3- KF- suffered from brain damage which caused him to remember words better visually than acoustically (+)

Answer 12

Evidence is point

Claim 1+ store substantiated -> reliability -> credibility -> plausibility -> more compelling