Working Memory Model

Question 1

four features of working memory?

Answer 1

central executive
phonological loop
visuospatial sketchpad
episodic buffer

Question 2

central executive?

Answer 2

acts as a supervisor to the ‘slave systems’ and determines which information is attended to.
limited capacity

Question 3

phonological loop?

Answer 3

temporary storage for auditory sounds

• phonological store (inner ear) stores words you hear
• articulatory process (inner voice) repeats words

Question 4

visuospatial sketchpad?

Answer 4

temporary memory for visual and spatial information
visual cache (visual data e.g. colour form)
inner scribe (records arrangement of objects)

Question 5

episodic buffer?

Answer 5

backup store for info which communicates with LTM and the slave systems

Question 6

supported by dual task

Answer 6

its easier to do two different tasks if they use different processes than if they use the same one

Question 7

how does the KF motorcycle accident support the WMM?

Answer 7

he suffered brain damage and damaged his STM and his verbal information was affected. However visual information still performed normally, therefore showing that there are separate stores within the STM

Question 8

limitations?

Answer 8

• little is known about the CE

- no link between the WMM and LTM