Working Memory Model

The WMM was developed by...

• Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil

• Atkinson and Shiffrin

• Baddeley and Hitch

• Tulving and Bartlett

Which part of memory does it focus on?

• STM

• LTM

Which part of the model has a 'supervisory role'?

• Central executive

• Episodic buffer

• Phonological loop

• Visuospatial sketchpad

Which slave system deals with auditory info?

• Central executive

• Episodic buffer

• Phonological loop

• Visuospatial sketchpad

Which slave system deals with visual/spatial info?

• Central executive

• Episodic buffer

• Phonological loop

• Visuospatial sketchpad

Which of the following are the 2 subsystems in the phonological loop?

• Phonological store

• Rehearsal store

• Phonological control store

• Articulatory rehearsal system

Why is it difficult to do 2 tasks at the same time using the same store?

• Limited duration

• Can't concentrate

• Limited capacity

• Get distracted

The participants consisted of

• 54 graduate psychology students

• 54 undergraduate biology students

• 24 undergraduate psychology students

• 34 undergraduate psychology students

What did the participants in the experimental group have to do?

• read a list of letters to recall while saying '1' and '2' at a steady pace

• read a list of letters to recall while saying '1' and '2' at two numbers per second

• read a list of letters to recall while listening some upbeat music

• read a list of letters to recall while listening some slow music

How many lists were there consisting of a series of how many letters?

• 5 and 5 respectively

• 5 and 10 respectively

• 10 and 7 respectively

• 7 and 10 respectively