Working Model Of Memory

Question 0

What is the role of the central executive?

Answer 0

Directs attention to particular tasks and controls the other systems by determining how the resources will be allocated.

Question 1

What does the WMM focus on?

Answer 1

The short term memory (STM)

Question 2

What are the two components of the Phonological Loop?

Answer 2

• Phonological store (inner ear)

* Articulatory process (inner voice)

Question 3

What type of information does the phonological loop control?

Answer 3

Auditory

Question 4

What is the role of the visuo-spatial sketch pad?

Answer 4

Processes visual and spatial information (how things look and where they are)

Question 5

What year was the Episodic Buffer added?

Answer 5

2000

Question 6

What is the Episodic buffer?

Answer 6

A general store, added later to account for things that use both visual and acoustic information.

Question 7

Baddeley and Hitch found that if the tasks require the same components..?

Answer 7

They can’t be preformed at the same time.

E.g. Driving and playing a game.

Question 8

What did the case study of KF show about his STM and LTM?

Answer 8

His STM was damaged (digit span of 1) but his LTM was normal

Question 9

How does the case study of KF support the WMM?

Answer 9

He remembered words if they were presented visually rather than auditory. Which suggests that the damage mainly affected his phonological loop as oppose to his visuo-spatial sketch pad.

Question 10

What are the criticisms of the WMM?

Answer 10

• The exact role of the central executive is unclear.

* Suggests that the central executive isn’t a unitary system like the other aspects of the model.