Working Memory Model (Baddeley & Hitch)

Question 1

GIVE CASE STUDY SUPPORT FOR WORKING MEMORY MODEL.
5 points

Answer 1

1- the case study of HM
2- part of brain removed to treat epilepsy
3- short term memory was severely impaired
4- HM struggled to process auditory information but his ability to recall visual information was unnaffected
5- there are different slave systems in the WMM that code fo auditory information and visual info

Question 2

GIVE A STRENGTH OF THE WMM
dual task performance
3 points

Answer 2

1- participants were asked to perform a digit span task and a verbal reasoning task at the same time
2- as the numbers got longer, participants took minimally longer to answer the true or false questions
3- Baddeley concluded that verbal reasoning used the central executive whereas the digit span task used the phonological loop

Question 3

GIVE A LIMITATION OF THE WMM
lack of detail
2 points

Answer 3

1- there is a lack of detail on the Central Executive
2- this may be due to the fact that the central executive is very difficult to operationalise and measure

Question 4

GIVE A LIMITATION OF THE DUAL TASK PERFORMANCE.

Answer 4

1- the dual task performance task relies heavily on highly controlled lab settings
2- it uses tasks unrelated to real-life scenarios
3- lacks ecological validity