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The Working Memory Model - Key Notes
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- 1The Working Memory ModelBaddeley and Hitch 1974
- 2The Phonological LoopStore:
Audiological information
Preserves order of info
Articulatory process:
Words that have been heard of seen
Silently repeated loop - 3Visuo-Spatial SketchpadPlanning special tasks
Visual or spacial info temporarily stored
Visual- What things look like
Spacial- Relationships between things - 4The Central ExecutiveControl of everything
Directs attention to particular tasks
Determines how resources are allocated to tasks - 5Episodic BufferExtra storage system but has limited capacity
Integrated info from LTM, Phonological Loop, Central Executive and Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad - 6Baddeley (1975) V-S SketchpadParticipants given visual task tracking a light, at the same time two other tasks were done involving looking at angles on letters and performing verbal tasks.
Task 1 was difficult but not task 2 due to 2 different components. - 7Baddeley (1995) Phonological LoopWord length effect explanation
People cope better with short words
PLL holds the amount of info you can say in two seconds, longer words can't be rehearsed as they don't fit. - 8Bung el al (2000) Central ExecutiveUsed FMRI to see activity in the brain whilst completing either one or two tasks, he found there to be more activity when the students were completing two tasks.
- 9Baddeley et al (1987) Episodic BufferWhen participants were shown words and asked for immediate recall their memory was better for related words rather than unrelated words. Supports the idea of an immediate memory store for items that aren't visual or phonological.
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