Cognitive

Question 1

what is the multi store model of memory

Answer 1

explanation for stm
has four main components

Question 2

what is the central executive

Answer 2

attentional processwith supervisory role
allocates slave subsystems to tasks
limted processing capacity and doesnt store info

Question 3

what is the phonological loop

Answer 3

deal with auditory info
encodes acoustically
subdivided into articulatory process (allows maintenance rehearsal) and phonological store which stores the info

Question 4

what is the visuo spatial sketchpad

Answer 4

deals woth visual and spatial info
encoding is visual
e.g. if someone gives you directions you can imagine the route in your head
subdivided into visual cache which stores visual data and inner scribe which records arrangement of objects in visual field

Question 5

what is the episodic buffer

Answer 5

temporary store for info from other subsystems
combines with ltm and other cognitive processes
limited capacity of about 4 chunks
maintains sense of time sequencing

Question 6

strength of wmm - dual task experiment

Answer 6

baddeley
found performance on visual and verbal tasks together performed no worse than when done separate (different subsystems)
performamce on two visual / two verbal was poor
competing for dominance of same subsystem
shows there must be separate slave subsystems

Question 7

weakness of wmm - CE not fully understood

Answer 7

doesnt explain much
‘ the central executive is the most important but least understood component of working memory’ baddeley
means working memory not fully explained as the ce needs to be more specified than just ‘attention’

Question 8

application of wmm - shallice and warrington (KF)

Answer 8

amnesia after brain injury
had poor stm for auditory information but processed visual info normally e.g. his immediate recall of words better when he read then vs when they were read to him
phonological loop damaged but VSS intact
amnesia not necessarily a global disorder
understand more about amnesia

Question 9

counter arguement for KF and wmm

Answer 9

brain injured patients like KF are unique so not generalisable to entire population
case tsudies hard to replicate so cant be sure findings are valid - need to be cautious about generalising their findings

Question 10

ethical issues related to case studies of people with amnesia

Answer 10

• confidentiality is one issue - must not identify ppt
  issues about whether someone with a memory deficit can ever give true consent if they dont remember doing it
  use initials to avoid names e.g. KF