Working Memory model

Question 1

Who came up with the term “working memory”?

Answer 1

Miller, Galanter and Pribram (1960)

Question 2

Who later adapted and defined the concept of working memory?

Answer 2

Baddeley & Hitch (1974)

Question 3

How does Baddeley (2003) define working memory?

Answer 3

“The concept of working memory proposes that a dedicated system maintains and stores information short-term, and this system underlies all human thought processes”

Question 4

What kind of a system is working memory? (Baddeley, 2003)

Answer 4

Limited capacity, temporary store

Question 5

What three components make up the working memory model?

Answer 5

Central executive, phonological loop and visuo-spatial sketchpad

Question 6

What is Craik & Lockheart’s (1972) levels of processing theory?

Answer 6

Items that are more ‘deeply’ processed will be better remembered.

Question 7

How did Baddeley and Hitch develop Craik & Lockheart’s theory?

Answer 7

Learning/memory depends on the way in which information is processed, rather than time spent rehearsed or in the STM

Question 8

How do Eysenck & Keane (2010) define the three components in the WM model?

Answer 8

All three components have limited capacity and are relatively independent.

Question 9

According to Eysenck & Keane (2010), what happens if 2 tasks require the same component?

Answer 9

They cannot be performed successfully together.

Question 10

What did Baddeley et al (1978) find?

Answer 10

Ppts could remember as many words as they could say in 2 seconds.