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working memory model- key terms and structure
a list of the key features and components of the working memory model by Baddeley and Hitch (1974)
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
01/04/2013

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Term
Who developed the working  memory model and when?
Definition
Baddeley and Hitch (1973)
Term
Central executive
Definition
  • decides how attention is directed
  • organises information
  • limited capacity/can't attend to too many things at once
  • no storage capacity
Term
Episodic Buffer
Definition
  • new addition
  • limited capacity
  • links the two store (slave) systems
  • can change information in chuncks or episodes
  • combines different pieces of information from long term memory as our memory requires
Term
Phonological Loop
Definition

Phonological store:

  • inner ear
  • acoustically coded items stored for a limited period

Articulatory control:

  • inner voice
  • repeating information in head
  • can be stopped by articulatory supression tasks

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Visuo-Spatial Scratch Pad
Definition
  • sets up and manipulates mental images
  • limited capacity
  • completely seprate from phonological loop
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