A-level Psychology AQA: Memory- Working Memory Model Questions with Correct Answers

A-level Psychology AQA: Memory-
Working Memory Model Questions with
Correct Answers
Working memory model - ANSWERS- Baddeley and Hitch
- 1974
- explains how STM is organised and how it functions
- looks at the part of the mind which is active when we are temporarily storing and
manipulating information
- 4 qualitatively different components
- duration is short for whole model

Central Executive - ANSWERS- more of a process than store
- directs attention and makes decisions
- allocates the slave system to tasks
- information arrives from the senses of LTM
- very limited capacity
- Modality free coding (manipulates info from all senses)

Phonological loop - ANSWERS- phono-sounds
- deals with auditory info
- preserves the order of info
- limited capacity
- coded acoustically
- divided into:
1. phonological store
2. articulatory process

Phonological store - ANSWERS- holds the words we hear
- 'inner ear'

Articulatory process - ANSWERS- used for maintenance rehearsal
- words we read or hear are silently read in a loop
- a capacity of approx 2 seconds worth of words
- 'inner voice'