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What does the working memory model explain?
How the
STM
is organised
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Who proposed the working memory model?
Baddeley
and
Hitch
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What is the role of the central executive in the working memory model?
It supervises and allocates tasks to
slave systems
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What are the limitations of the central executive?
Very limited
processing
and does not store information
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What does the phonological loop deal with?
Auditory
information
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What are the two subdivisions of the phonological loop?
Phonological store
and
articulatory process
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What does the phonological store do?
Stores the
words
you hear
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What is the function of the articulatory process?
Allows
maintenance rehearsal
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What is the capacity of the phonological loop?
2 seconds
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How does the phonological loop code information?
Codes
acoustically
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What does the visuospatial sketchpad deal with?
Visual information
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What are the two subdivisions of the visuospatial sketchpad?
Visual cache
and
inner scribe
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What does the visual cache do?
Stores
visual data
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What is the function of the inner scribe?
Records the
arrangement
of objects
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What is the capacity of the visuospatial sketchpad?
3-4
objects
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How does the visuospatial sketchpad code information?
Codes
visually
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What is the role of the episodic buffer?
Acts as a
backup store
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How does the episodic buffer link working memory?
Links working memory to
long-term memory
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What is the capacity of the episodic buffer?
4
chunks
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How does the episodic buffer code information?
Codes anything (
modality free
)
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