memory ; wmm

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THE WORKING MEMORY MODEL
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what is it an explanation of?
how the stm is organised and fucktions
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what part of the mind is it concerned with?
part that's active when we're temporarily storing and manipulating information e.g working on maths / chess
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how many components?
four
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called?
central executive / phonological loop / visuo-spatial sketchpad / episodic buffer
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each model is different in which two ways?
coding and capacitu
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central executive
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what is it essentially?
attentional proccess
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that monitors?
incoming data
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and makes?
decisions
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and allocates?
tasks to slave systems
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does it have a very limited processing capacity?
yes
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phonological loop
dingdfg
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is it a slave system?
yes
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how many are there
three
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what type of information does it deal with?
auditory
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and preserves what?
order in which info arives
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what two things is it subdivided into?
phonological store / articulatory process
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what does the phonological store do?
store words you hear
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what does articulatory process allow for?
maintenance rehearsal
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what is the capacity of this loop believed to be?
two seconds
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visuo-spatial sketchpad
dngdfignd
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what type of info does it store?
visual and/or spatial (shocker, i know)
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what did baddeley suggest its capacity is limited to?
3/4 objects
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logie subdivided it into?
visual cache / inner scribe
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what does visual cache store?
visual data (yet another shocker)
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iwhat does inner scribe record?
arrangement of objects in visual field
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episodic buffer
digndfig
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when was this added by baddeley
2000
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what is it?
temporary store for information
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what does it integrate?
visual / spatial / verbal info from other stores
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to maintain?
sense of time sequencing
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what can it be seen the storage component of?
central executive
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and has capacity of?
about 4 chunks
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what does this link working memory to?
ltm + wider cog processes e.g perception
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EVALUATION
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:) clinical evidenec
dkjnd
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which case study does support come from?
kf
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after this damage what type of information did he have poor stm ability for?
verbal
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but could process which type?
visual information
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this suggests that just which area had been damaged?
phonological loop
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what two separate stores does this support existance of?
separate and visual
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but why may brain-damage evidence be unreliable?
because these are unique and traumatic cases
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:) dual-task performance
dfingd
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what do studies into this support separate existance of?
visuo-spatial sjketchpad
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what did baddeley show pps had difficulty doing?
two visual tasks
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which were?
tracking light and describing letter f
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and what did they find easier?
doing verbal and visual task at same time
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why could this difference suggested to have happened?
bc both visual use the same slave system
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which means there must be?
a separate visual slave system
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:( lack of central executive clarity
sidgdsng
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what have cognitive psychologists said about this?
unsatisfactory and non explanatory
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central executive (as admitted by baddeley) needs to be more specified than just?
attention
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e.g some psychologists believe it could consist of?
separate components
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which means what for the wmm?
hasn't been fully explained
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EVALUATION EXTRA
SIGNS
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:) studies of the word
signd
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what did baddeley find about remembering long and short words
more difficult to remember long than short words
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what did he call this?
the word length effect
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why does this happen?
bc finite space for rehearsal in ariculatory process
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how long?
2seconds worth
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this effect disappears though if person given?
articulatory suppression task
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which is?
repetitive task that ties up articulatory process
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e.g doing a task while saying lalala means?
atriculator process kept busy
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:) brain scan studies
sdfionos
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what did braver do while brain scanning pps?
gave tasks which involved central executive
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where did rsrchers find greater activity?
left prefrontal cortex
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what was observed as task got harder?
activity in area increased
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how does this apply to wmm?
as demands on central exec increase, it has to work harder to fulfil function
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