working memory model

Question 1

components and psychologists of the 1974 model

Answer 1

• baddeley and hitch, 1974
• central executive
• phonological loop
• visuospatial sketchpad

Question 2

central executive roles

Answer 2

• control what information is attended to
• integrates info from the PL and VSS
• controls info retrieved from LTM
• responsible for coordinating the slave systems as well as decision making

Question 3

phonological loop roles

Answer 3

• temporarily stores and processes auditory information
• has a phonological store which is linked to speech perception- acts as an inner ear and holds information in a speech-based form (i.e., spoken words)
• articulatory control process (linked to speech production) acts like an inner voice rehearsing information from the phonological store

Question 4

visuospatial sketchpad

Answer 4

• stores and manipulates visual and spatial information
• used when visualising something, as well as when retrieving visual + spatial info from LTM

Question 5

components of the 2000s working memory model

Answer 5

central executive, episodic buffer, phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad

Question 6

episodic buffer

Answer 6

• a component of the WMM that temporarily store consolidated info from the PL, VSS and CE
• limited capacity and accessible by the conscious
• acts as a “backup” store which communicates with both long-term memory and the components of working memory