AO1

• What model of memory is limited according to some arguments?

  Multi store model of memory
• Who suggested the working memory model?

  Baddeley and Hitch
• What does the working memory model explain?

  How short term memory is organized and functions
• What part of the mind does the working memory model focus on?

  The active part when temporarily storing information
• How many main components does the working memory model consist of?

  Four main components
• What is the central executive responsible for?

  Monitoring data, making decisions, allocating tasks
• What is the capacity of the central executive?

  Very limited capacity
• Is the central executive modality specific?

  No, it is non-modality specific
• What does the phonological loop deal with?

  Auditory information
• What is the coding type of the phonological loop?

  Acoustic coding
• What is the capacity of the phonological loop?

  Two seconds worth of speech
• What are the two parts of the phonological loop?

  Phonological store and articulatory processes
• What does the phonological store do?

  Stores the words you hear
• What is the function of the articulatory processes?

  Silently repeats words for maintenance rehearsal
• What is the second slave system in the working memory model?

  Visuospatial sketchpad
• What type of information does the visuospatial sketchpad store?

  Visual and/or spatial information
• What is the limited capacity of the visuospatial sketchpad?

  About 3-4 objects
• What are the two parts of the visuospatial sketchpad according to Logie?

  Visual cache and inner scribe
• What does the visual cache do?

  Stores visual data
• What is the function of the inner scribe?

  Records arrangement of data in the visual field
• What is the third slave system in the working memory model?

  Episodic buffer
• Why was the episodic buffer added to the model?

  To provide a general store for information
• What does the episodic buffer integrate?

  Visual, spatial, and verbal information
• What is the capacity of the episodic buffer?

  About four chunks
• How does the working memory model relate to long-term memory?

  Links working memory to long-term memory processes
• What are the main components of the working memory model?

  • Central executive
  • Phonological loop
  • Visuospatial sketchpad
  • Episodic buffer
• What are the functions and characteristics of the central executive?

  • Monitors incoming data
  • Makes decisions
  • Allocates tasks to slave systems
  • Very limited capacity
  • Non-modality specific
• What are the functions and characteristics of the phonological loop?

  • Deals with auditory information
  • Acoustic coding
  • Capacity of two seconds of speech
  • Divided into phonological store and articulatory processes
• What are the functions and characteristics of the visuospatial sketchpad?

  • Stores visual and/or spatial information
  • Limited capacity of 3-4 objects
  • Divided into visual cache and inner scribe
• What are the functions and characteristics of the episodic buffer?

  • Temporary store for information
  • Integrates visual, spatial, and verbal information
  • Maintains time sequencing
  • Capacity of about four chunks
• What model explains short term memory in detail?

  The working memory model
• How does Baddeley and Hitch describe short term memory?

  As an active store for manipulating information
• Who proposed that there is only one short term memory store?

  Atkinson and Shiffrin
• What evidence challenges the idea of a single short term memory store?

  Patients like KF
• What does the working memory model propose about short term memory?

  It has multiple components for different memory types
• What happens if one working memory store is damaged?

  Information can still be held in other stores
• How many components did Baddeley and Hitch suggest in the working memory model?

  Four components
• What is the first component of the working memory model?

  The phonological loop
• What type of information does the phonological loop deal with?

  Auditory or verbal information
• How can the phonological loop process visually presented verbal information?

  By converting it into sound through subvocal rehearsal