Working memory model Flashcards
Memory
What does the Central Executive control?
Controls and coordinates all components of working memory.
What does the Central Executive monitor?
Monitors incoming information allocates tasks to other subsystems, and manages attention.
What is a limitation of the central executive?
Limited capacity – can process one task at a time and cannot store information.
What does the Phonological Loop deal with?
Deals with auditory information and preserves the order of input.
What is a limitation of the Phonological Loop?
Limited capacity (around 2 seconds) and key for verbal memory tasks.
What is the function of the Phonological Store?
Phonological Store: Holds sound information (e.g., spoken words).
What are Articulatory Processes?
Articulatory Process: Allows maintenance rehearsal (repeating words).
What is the function of the Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad?
Handles visual and spatial information.
Helps plan and manipulate visual tasks like remembering images, shapes, or layouts.
What does the Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad help with?
Helps plan and manipulate visual tasks like remembering images, shapes, or layouts.
What is the purpose of the Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad’s
Visual Cache?
Visual Cache: Stores visual information (e.g., colour).
What is the purpose of the Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad’s
Inner Scribe?
Inner Scribe: Deals with spatial arrangement and movement.
What function did Baddeley (2000) add the Episodic Buffer for?
Added by Baddeley (2000) as a temporary storage system for integrating information.
but integrates and processes all types of information into a coherent episode.
What 3 things does the Episodic Buffer link information from?
Links information from the phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad, and long-term memory.
What does the Episodic Buffer maintain?
Maintains a sense of time sequencing (e.g., recalling a story in the correct order).
What is a limit of the Episodic Buffer?
Has limited capacity
What does the Episodic Buffer do with information?
Has limited capacity but integrates and processes all types of information into a coherent episode.
