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The Working Memory Model
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- 1What does it consist of?the central executive (the controller), then the phonological loop(includes articulatory loop and primary acoustic) and then the visuospatial scratchpad
- 2The Central Executive "The Controller"Connect the LTM to working memory, allowing decisions about how to act, based on prior knowledge. Coordinates info from slave systems. has a limited capacity.
- 3The Phonological loop(sound system) consists of...the primary acoustic store("inner ear") and the articulatory loop ("inner voice")
- 4The primary acoustic storeif this system is heavily involved in a task, makes it difficult to do anything else. Holds/processes auditory memory traces. Limited capacity.
- 5The articulatory loopcapacity depends on time needed to say something. Needed for mental arithmetic. Limited capacity.
- 6The Visuo-spatial Scratchpad "inner eye"where spatial/visual info is held. needed for planning routes. limited capacity.
- 7if 2 tasks use the same component, you will perform them together...worse than performing them separately
- 8if 2 tasks use different components you will perform them together...the same as performing them separately
- 9Baddeley et al Procedureparticipants had to do 2 tasks simultaneously. Task 1- visual tracking task(track moving light with pointer) Task 2-either imagine letter F and describe angles or verbal task
- 10Baddeley et al FindingsTask 1 very difficult when paired with F task, performance unaffected by verbal task. This suggests you do better when you are using 2 different components
- 11KF was shown to have had worse STM for memory for auditory info than visual infosupports that there are many parts to STM. split into many components.
- 12little is known about the central executive, which is the most important part of the modelmakes the model vague
- 13many of the findings supporting the model come from lab studiesscientific but lack ecological validity
- 14in contrast to the MSM of memory, the STM is viewed as active rather than passivemore realistic
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- (Remembering and Forgetting) Flashcards on The Working Memory Model, created by annabel_summerfield on 20/02/2014.
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