wmm

Cards (14)

  • IS THE WMM A MODEL OF STM (baddeley)
    yes
  • WHAT DOES THE WMM SUGGEST (baddeley)
    STM is made up of multiple stores and the MSM is too simple
  • WHATS THE WMM CONCERNED WITH? (baddeley)
    WMM is concerned with the part of mind that's active when working on a maths question, playing chess, trying to understand a language
  • CENTRAL EXECUTIVE (CE) ALLOCATES SLAVE SYSTEMS AND HAS WHAT...
    - attentional process which monitors incoming data and allocates slave systems to do tasks
    - has limited storage capacity
  • WHAT IS A PHONOLOGICAL LOOP (PL)
    speech and sound related component of wmm
    holds verbal and auditory info
  • WHAT DOES THE PHONOLOGICAL STORE, STORE
    stores the words you hear
  • WHAT IS THE ARTICULATORY PROCESS
    allows maintenance rehearsal (repeating sounds to keep them in WM while they are needed)
  • WHAT DOES THE VISUO-SPATIAL SKETCHPAD (VSS) STORE?
    visual/spatial information when required
  • VISUAL CACHE
    Stores visual data
  • INNER SCRIBE
    records arrangement of objects in visual field
  • WHAT DOES THE EPISODIC BUFFER (EB) DO AND LINK TO
    - Temporary store for information.
    - Integrates visual, spatial and verbal form other stores.
    - Maintains time sequencing - recording episodes that are happening.
    - Links to LTM.
  • STRENGTHS OF WMM (baddeley)
    - dual task performance supports the VSS
    - model is a support from brain
  • LIMITATIONS OF WMM (baddeley)
    - WMM is a lack of clarity over the central executive
  • how does the cognitive interview work- baddeley wmm
    use of various cues and strategies to improve the memory of eyewitnesses