A-level Psychology: Memory - WMM MCQ 2

The WMM is a model of ____.

• function of STM
• structure of LTM
• organisation of the sensory memory

The central executive allocates

• tasks to subsystems
• has an unlimited capacity
• stores visual information

The articulatory process _______.

• allows rehearsal
• is part of the visuo-spatial sketchpad
• stores words

The subsystem linked to LTM is _____.

• Central executive
• Visuo-spatial sketchpad
• Phonological loop
• Episodic buffer

KF had ______.

• No LTM
• two separate STM stores
• only STM

Existence of the visuo-spatial sketchpad is shown by _____.

• dual-task performance studies
• the word length effect
• brain scan studies

The central executive is _____.

• very well understood
• vaguely defined
• a minor part of the WMM

Brain scan studies suggest the central executive is _____

• in the temporal lobes
• in the left prefrontal cortex
• in the occipital lobes
• the right prefrontal cortex

Baddeley's word length effect study supports the WMM because it showed a list of ______.

• long words was more difficult to remember
• short words was more difficult to remember
• nonsense words was more difficult to remember
• shopping items was more difficult to remember

Baddeley supported the existence of the visuo-spatial sketchpad by showing participants had more difficulty whilst ______.

• tracking a light and describing the angles of letters
• tracking a light and counting backwards in 3s
• tracking a light and reading a short story