Discuss working memory model

• what is the WMM

  Baddley & Hitch- explanation of STM
• what is the central executive


  • It monitors incoming data and makes decisions on which system gets what.
  • Has a limited capacity, only one type of information
• what is the phonological loop


  • this deals with audacity information.
  • it has two parts, the phonological store which stores the words you hear.
  • the articulatory process, which allows maintenance rehearsal
• What is the visa-spatial sketchpad?


  • this stores visual information, for example if you were asked to work out how many windows there is on a house you would visualise it.
  • it has a limited capacity
  • a visual cache which stores visual data
  • an inner scribe which is for the arrangement of objects
• what is the episodic buffer


  • temporary store
  • links memory to perception
• supporting evidence


  • KF could process visual information normally but could not process auditor information.
  • showing that their is some truth to the WMM as KFs case study supports that there are separate stores
• oversimplified


  the central executive is not really explained in psychology. Baddelely believes that it needs to be understood more. showing that the WMM is not fully explained
• methodological issues


  KF was a case study. meaning we cannot control for extraneous or confounding variables