Working Memory Model

Question 1

Role and specification of central executive

Answer 1

Supervisory role
Info comes here and it gets directed to relevant slave system
Modality free coding (any type of sense )

Question 2

Phonological loop (two sub systems ) role and specification

Answer 2

Limited capacity
Speech based sound (auditory slave system , acoustic coding )
Main place for maintenance rehearsal
1)phonological store: holds words u hear (inner ear)
2)articulatory process: silently repeats words (maintenance rehearsal)(inner voice)

Question 3

Visio-spacial sketch pad

Answer 3

Used when planning visual special tasks (e.g packing a car)
Visual coding
(Inner eye)

Question 4

Episodic buffer role and specification

Answer 4

The episodic buffer is like a temporary storage and connection unit in your brain .It’s like a mental whiteboard where you can jot down and connect different pieces of information quickly. This buffer integrates information from your long-term memory, short-term memory, and the outside world, allowing you to create a coherent understanding of your surroundings and experiences.

Correct option:
- Integrates information from different sources and holds it temporarily.

Question 5

Strength evaluation of the wmm with evidence

Answer 5

KF study supports the idea that the stm is not a unitary store and temporary storage space but made up of sub systems.

Brain scans support the same idea as they highlight that different areas of the brain highlight / work when asked to do different tasks but under the bracket of testing stm showing the different systems composing stm

Question 6

Weaknesses of the wmm

Answer 6

Central executive is too vague , showed by EVR that the unestablished role of the ce could be constructed of further systems , it’s therefore flawed as ithe diagram shows and explains other stores in depth but describes this one as a unitary store

Question 7

What is the kf study?

Answer 7

Kf study indicates that the stm is more complex than a unitary workspace like it was proposed in the mms. KF was in a motor bike accident and suffered brain damage. His digit span was impaired , however his damage to auditory information was much greater than visual stimuli, limited to verbal information,suggesting his brain damadge was restricted to the phonological loop.

Question 8

What was the brain scans

Answer 8

Question 9

What was the EVR experiment

Answer 9