working model memory

Question 1

central executive

Answer 1

The central executive has a supervisory function and acts as a filter, direct information to other slave systems, and collect responses. It has limited capacity and deals with only one piece of information at a time.

Question 2

visuospatial sketchpad

Answer 2

The VSS is a temporary memory system for holding visual and spatial information. It has two parts: (1) the visual cache (which stores visual data about form and color) and (2) the inner scribe (which records the arrangement of objects in the visual field and rehearses and transfers information in the visual cache to the central executive).

Question 3

episodic buffer

Answer 3

which acts as a “backup” (temporary) store for information that communicates with both long-term memory and the slave systems. One of its important functions is to recall material from LTM and integrate it into STM when working memory requires it.

Question 4

AO3: Working model of memory

Answer 4

+Working memory is supported by dual-task studies. It is easier to do two tasks at the same time if they use different processing systems (verbal and visual) than if they use the same slave system.

-One limitation is the fact that little is known about how the central executive works. It is an important part of the model, but its exact role is unclear.

-Another limitation is that the model does not explain the link between working memory and LTM.

Question 5

phonological loop

Answer 5

deals with auditory information. It is subdivided into the phonological store (which holds words we hear) and the articulatory process (which allows us to repeat words in a loop).