The working memory model

Question 1

Why was the WMM created?

Answer 1

Baddeley and Hitch thought that the MSM was too simplistic and so crated the WMM to flesh it out.

Question 2

What are the different parts of the WMM?

Answer 2

central executive

phonological loop

visuospatial sketchpad

episodic buffer

Question 3

What is the central executive?

Answer 3

monitors incoming data and allocates it to one of the other slave systems.

has a limited processes capacity and does not store information

Question 4

what is the phonological loop

Answer 4

Deals with auditory information and preserves the order in which the information arrives

further divides this information into one of the two subsystems

Question 5

What are the subdivisions of the phonological loop?

Answer 5

phonological store-stores words

auditory process-allows for maintenance rehearsal

                            capacity is said to be 2 seconds worth of what is said

Question 6

What is the visuospatial sketchpad?

Answer 6

stores visual and/or spatial information when required

limited capacity of 3 to 4 objects

further divided by Logie into 2 sub sections

Question 7

What are the subdivisions of the visuospatial sketchpad?

Answer 7

visual cache-stores visual data

inner scribe-records the arrangement of objects in our visual field

Question 8

What is the episodic buffer?

Answer 8

temporary store of information and is sometimes called the link between STM and LTM

maintains the chronological sequencing of data gathered by the senses

limited capacity of 4 chunks

Question 9

What is a strength of the WMM?

Question 10

What is a limitation of the WMM?

Question 11

What is a strength of the WMM?