Working Memory Model (AQA A-Level Psychology): Flashcards
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WMM developers and year
WMM developers and year
Baddeley and Hitch, 1974
Original WMM components + later addition
Original WMM components + later addition
Initially 3 components, 4th added in 2000
Central Executive role in WMM
Central Executive role in WMM
Supervisory system/'boss' coordinating other slave systems
Central Executive storage capacity
Central Executive storage capacity
Extremely limited capacity
Phonological Loop capacity limit
Phonological Loop capacity limit
Approx. 2 seconds of speech
Two subcomponents of Phonological Loop
Two subcomponents of Phonological Loop
Primary Acoustic Store (PAS) & Articulatory Process (AP)
Visuo-spatial Sketchpad function
Visuo-spatial Sketchpad function
Handles visual & spatial info; 'inner eye'
Year Episodic Buffer added to WMM
Year Episodic Buffer added to WMM
2000
Episodic Buffer function
Episodic Buffer function
General storage integrating CE, PL, VSS & LTM info
Word length effect finding (Baddeley 1975)
Word length effect finding (Baddeley 1975)
Better recall for short words than long words