working memory model

Question 1

central exercutive

Answer 1

allocates jobs to the other 2 components

Question 1

why was working memory model made

Answer 1

made by atkinson and shriffin to show problems with atkinson and shriffins model (multi-store model)

Question 2

phonological store

Answer 2

contains audiotry info
contains 2 sub compents
phonological store-concerned with speed perception(hearing)
articulatory process-concerned with speed production (saying)

Question 3

visual spatial sketchpad

Answer 3

holds info on vision (sight) and spatial (where) info
subdivided into 2 componenets
visual cache-holds info about form and colour
inner scribe-deals wuth spatial and movement info

Question 4

episodic buffer

Answer 4

coordinates info from both visuospetial sketchpad and phonoloical loop into sequences to send to the LTM

Question 5

strength of WMM

Answer 5

scientific eveidnace from brain scans that supports te role of the central executive

bunge et al
partcipants asked to perform two tasks at same time rather than one after another
brain activity was measured to see see which parts were most active when ps were reading a sentance and recalling last word in sentence

findings support idea of central executives role to direct attention to particualr tasks, how resources are allocated

Question 6

weakness of wmm

Answer 6

the most important component (central executive) is the one that is known about the least

modela can explain any results in circualtory argument