Working Model Of Memory

Question 1

Who proposed the working memory model?

Answer 1

Baddeley and Hitch

Question 2

What is the main part of the WMM?

Answer 2

Central Executive

Question 3

What does the central executive do?

Answer 3

Only focuses on the STM

Controls the model and allocates information to all other parts

Question 4

What are the 3 slave systems?

Answer 4

Phonological loop
Episodic Buffer
Visuospatial sketch pad

Question 5

What does the episodic buffer do?

Answer 5

Deals with a skill which has an element of sound and visuospatial

Question 6

What does the phonological loop deal with?

Answer 6

Sound/auditory

Subvocalise repetition

Question 7

How many subdivisions are in the phonological loop and which is active and which is passive?

Answer 7

2
Articulatory control loop - active
Phonological store - passive

Question 8

What does the visuospatial skecthpad deal with?

Answer 8

Anything visual and movement

Question 9

How many subdivisions are in the visuospatial sketch pad and which is active and which is passive?

Answer 9

Innuscribe - active

Visual cache - passive

Question 10

+ Kf case study

Answer 10

By Shallice and Warrington, KF involved in bike accident damaged his stm but visual processing intact. Implies two stores.
BUT findings are based on case strides. Limitation as they are unique snd therefore must generalise with care

Question 11

Support from brain scans

Answer 11

PET scans are used to look at brain to see which are activated with which tasks. Diff areas of brain were activated when performing visual verbal tasks. Supports the notion there is 2 stores. BUT lab experiment, high levels of control and reliability but artificial stimuli. Means research lacks external validity and mundane realism.