4. Working memory Flashcards
Key words ur Baddeley, Eysenck & Anderson (2009)
Levels of processing
The theory proposed by Craik and Lockhart that asserts that items that are more deeply processed will be better remembered.
Visuo-spatial sketchpad
A component of the Baddeley and Hitch model that is assumed to be responsible for the temporary maintenance of visual and spatial information.
Semantic coding
Processing an item in terms of its meaning, hence relating it to other information in long-term memory.
Nonword repetition test
A test where participants hear and attemp to repeat back nonwords that gradually increase in length,
Supervisory attentional system (SAS)
A component of the model proposed by Norman & Shallice to account for the attentional control of action.
Confabulation
Recollection of something that did NOT happen.
Episodic buffer
A component of the Baddeley & Hitch model of working memory model that assumes a multidimensional code, allowing the various subcomponents of working memory to interact with LTM
Binding
Term used to the linking of features into objects or of events into coherent episodes
EX: color red; shape square –> a red square
Inhibition
A general term applied to mechanisms that suppress other activities. Term can be applied to precis physiological mechanisms or to a more general phenomenon, as in proactive and retroactive interference. The level of activation associated with a trace is actively reduced to diminish its accessibility.
Resource sharing
Use of limited attentional capacity to maintain twi or more simultaneous activities
Task switching
A process whereby a limited capacity system maintains activity on two or more tasks by switching between them.
EX:
Spatial working memory
System involved in temporarily retaining information regarding spatial location
Object memory
System that temporarily retains information concerning visual features such as color and shape
