WORKING MODEL MEMORY (task)

WORKING MODEL MEMORY (task)

1. BADDLEY & HITCH

   • STM
   • DUAL TASK TECHNIQUE (ppl who do two visual tasks are worse in performance)

2. A: Test to see if there is more than one component in STM

3. P: Given two tasks at the same time (Dual task Technique) - reasoning and digit span task (rehearsing a digit string)

4. F: Very few errors on eitheir task - duration was slower than the task being done by itself

5. C: Two tasks using different components can be carried out simultaneously

6. E: Shows that STM is not a unitary store as said by ATkinson & Shiffrin - it must have different processes (reasoning, understanding, learning)

   • E: Led to the development of the working model memory (more complex than MSM) - contains 4 main components of STM (Central executive, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad, episodic buffer)