Working Memory Model

Question 1

Creation

Answer 1

Baddely and Hitch 1974

Question 2

Aim

Answer 2

-Short term memory is not a static store and instead a complex information processor

Question 3

WMM components

Answer 3

• Central Executive
• Phonological Loop
• Visuospatial Sketchpad

Question 4

Central Executive Function

Answer 4

• Command System
• Most important component, responsible for monitoring and coordinating the operation of the slave systems
• Enables the WMM systems to selectively attend to some stimuli and ignore others

Question 5

Phonological Loop Function/Role

Answer 5

• Deals with spoken and written material
  Two parts
  -Phonological store= holds info in speech based form
• Articulatory control system =Converts words into spoken code

Question 6

Visuospatial Sketchpad function/Role

Answer 6

• Deals with the appearance of stimuli and location

- Drawing from LTM

Question 7

Episodic Buffer

Answer 7

-Acts as a ‘backup’ store that communicates with both LTM and components of working memory