Working memory model (bradley and hitch)

Question 1

Working memory (Bradley and Hitch)

Answer 1

Short term memory model
describes the process of memory and how visual and audio stimuli is processed and stored

Question 2

Phonological loop

Answer 2

AUDITORY short term memory
stores what we hear
helps us understand sentences and is able to retain entire sentence
Words and audio are processed here

Question 3

Phonological store

Answer 3

(inner ear) processes speech perception and stores spoken words we hear for 1-2 seconds

Question 4

Articulatory control process

Answer 4

(inner voice) processes speech production and REHEARSES and stores verbal information from phonological store

Question 5

Visuospatial Sketchpad

Answer 5

VISUAL short term memory
stores what we see
helps us picture things

Question 6

Visuospatial sketchpad example

Answer 6

How many windows in your house?
Image is retrieved from LTM through episodic buffer onto visuospatial sketchpad

Question 7

The central executive

Answer 7

puts together SOUNDS and VISION of short term memory
Coordinates phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad and relates them to long term memory
controls our attention which enables us to perform mental manipulation of data

Question 8

Central executive example

Answer 8

Central executive directs attention and gives priority to certain activities
(eg. choosing to focus on driving rather than answering a question)

Question 9

3 main functions of central exec
1. Inhibition

Answer 9

an aspect of attention; screening our relevant stimuli

Question 10

3 main functions of central exec
2. switching

Answer 10

changing our attention from one item to another

Question 11

3 main functions of central exec
3. updating

Answer 11

modifying items brought from long term memory before recommitting them to memory through episodic buffer

Question 12

Episodic buffer

Answer 12

Retrieves information from long term memory to associate with information in short term memory. Selects and encodes memory into LTM

Question 13

Strengths of working memory model

Answer 13

supports that short term memory is made up of multiple components, explains more than multi store model
A case study of someone who injured their short term memory had impaired audio memory but his visual memory remained intact

Question 14

Limitations of working memory model

Answer 14

Don’t have seperate components for visual information as spatial awareness isn’t completely a visual thing (blind people being able to navigate through senses)
little evidence for central executive
doesn’t include sensory or long term memory

Question 15

Evidence for working memory model

Answer 15

If two tasks require use of the same component of working memory model they cannot be performed together
If two tasks require use of two different components they can be performed together