the working memory model

who made the working memory model

Baddeley and Hitch

central executive

a filter to determine which information is attended to

phonological loop

deals with auditory information and contains to parts; phonological store, articulatory loop

phonological store

known as the inner ear, dealing with auditory info

articulatory loop

known as the inner voice keeping information through sub-vocal repetition

visuospatial sketchpad

known as the inner eye, holding visual or spatial information

episodic buffer

combines information from the visuospatial sketchpad and the phonological loop

who did the study for dual processing

Gathercole and Baddeley

what are the findings from the dual processing study

participants found the first condition more difficult because they were both using visuospatial sketchpad

research support for articulatory control - evaluation

Baddeley found people find it difficult to remember a list of long words rather than short words as there is a finite space for rehearsal

explains why info is forgotten from STM - evaluation

Gathercole ad Baddeley’s study shows how there is a limited capacity to slave systems and this causes forgetting

real life application - evaluation

KF had poor short term memory for sounds but could process visual information normally