Evaluation of the Working Memory Model Flashcards
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What case study provides research support?
KF.
What did KF suffer from?
A brain injury.
What did KF’s brain injury result in?
Severe impairment of his STM.
What did KF struggle to do?
Process verabl information.
What was unaffected for KF?
His ability to recall visual information.
How does the case study of KF support the WMM?
Shows that there are different slave sytems for auditory and visual information.
What research provides research support?
Baddeley (1976).
What was the method in Baddeley (1976)?
Participants were asked to perform a digit span task and a verbal reasoning task at the same time.
What were the results in Baddeley (1976)?
As the numbers of digits increased, it took participants longer to answer the verbal reasoning task.
What was concluded in Baddeley (1976)?
- Digit span task used the phonological loop.
- Verbal reasoning task used the central executive.
What is a limitation of Baddeley (1976)?
The highly controlled lab conditions result in low ecological validity.
What is a limitation of the central executive?
It’s too simplistic and vague.
Why may the central executive be too simplistic and vague?
It’s difficult to design tasks to test it.
