The working memory model

Question 1

what are the 4 components of the working memory model

Answer 1

central executive
phonological loop
episodic buffer
visou-spatial sketchpad

Question 2

what is the central executive

Answer 2

a supervisory component of the model as it decides where attention is allocated

Question 3

TRUE or FALSE: does the central executive have a unlimited capacity

Answer 3

FALSE

Question 4

who researched the central executive

Answer 4

BADDELEY

Question 5

what was the aim of baddeley’s experiment into the central executive

Answer 5

to investigate the existence of the central executive

Question 6

what was the procedure of Baddeley’s experiment into the central executive

Answer 6

asked p.t to think of random digits they typed on to a keyboard, this was either carried out on its own or with one of these tasks:
- reciting alphabet ( easy)
- counting from one
- alternating between letters and numbers (difficult task)
A1 B2 C3..

Question 7

what were the findings from baddeleys research into central executive

Answer 7

shows the CE has limited resources due to p.t poor performance in more depending tasks

Question 8

what was the conclusion from baddeleys research into central executive

Answer 8

baddeley said they were competing for the same central executive resources

Question 9

what is the phonological loop

Answer 9

one of the slave system that deals with -auditory info
-keeping it in the right order
split into 2

Question 10

what are the 2 stores that make up the phonological loop

Answer 10

the phonological store
the articulatory store

Question 11

the phonological store holds speech based information for how long?

Answer 11

holds speech based info for 1-2 secs

Question 12

what is the articulatory store

Answer 12

used to rehearse info from inner ear in a loop, capacity of 2 secs

Question 13

who researched the phonological loop

Answer 13

baddeley, thompson and buchanan

Question 14

what was the aim of baddeley’s, thompson and buchanans research into the phonological loop

Answer 14

to investigate the phonological loops function

Question 15

what was the procedure of baddeleys thompson and buchanans research into the phonological loop

Answer 15

they presented p.t with 5 words and were then asked to recall them after a brief period of time

there was 2 conditions:
monosyballic words
polysyballic words

Question 16

what were the findings of baddeleys thompson and buchanans research into the phonological loop

Answer 16

avg correct recall was better with short words

Question 17

what was the conclusion of baddeley’s thompson and buchanans research into the phonological loop

Answer 17

found evidence for the word length effect supporting the phonological loops functions

Question 18

what is the visou spatial sketchpad

Answer 18

second slave system that hold visual and spatial information which is split into 2. it has a limited capacity of 3-4 items

Question 19

what is the visou spatial sketchpad split into

Answer 19

the visual cache
the inner scribe

Question 20

who researched the visou spatial sketchpad

Answer 20

shepard and feng

Question 21

what was the aim of sheperds and fengs research into the visou spatial sketchpad

Answer 21

investigate the visou spatial sketchpads function

Question 22

what was the procedure of shepard and fens research into the visou spatial sketchpad

Answer 22

p.t were shown cube nets and had to either mentally or physically work out if the points touched

Question 23

what were findings of shepards and fengs research into the visou spatial sketchpad

Answer 23

found a strong correlation between time taken between mental and physical folding

Question 24

what was the conclusion of shepherds and fengs research into the visou spatial sketchpad

Answer 24

the suggests we use the visou spatial sketchpad to do the folding much similar to real life

Question 25

a strength of the WMM

Answer 25

P: model has high face validity E: means the model appears to represent what it claims to E: the model offer a clear explanation of how we perform a variety of tasks such as mental rotation L: this is a strength as it shows there are more components of LTM and that memory is an active process of thought

Question 26

what is a weakness of the WMM

Answer 26

P:the WMM only focuses on STM E: the WMM provides a detailed description of our STM but no info on the sensory or LTM E: the WMM isn't a complete model of memory as the link between the LTM and WM isn't fully explained L:this matters because it doesn't explain how info is passed onto the LTM

Question 27

a strength of the central executive

Answer 27

P: One strength of the central executive is that it has supporting research. E: For example, in one experiment by Baddeley, participants found it hard to do a simple and difficult task at the same time (generating a random number sequence and alternating between letters and numbers) but could easily do two simpler tasks (generating random numbers and alphabet). E: This supports the idea that the central executive has limited resources which it can allocate to tasks. L: This matters because it makes the idea of the central executive more credible because real-world research supports its ideas.