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The Working Memory Model

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The working memory model was developed by .....

a)

Atkinson and Shiffrin

b)

Baddeley and Hitch

c)

Peterson and Peterson

d)

Bahrick et al.

2.

What part of the working memory controls auditory information?

a)

The Central Executive

b)

The Phonological Loop

c)

The Episodic Buffer

d)

The Visuospatial Sketchpad

3.

What part of the working memory processes images and their arrangement?

a)

The Central Executive

b)

The Phonological Loop

c)

The Episodic Buffer

d)

The Visuospatial Sketchpad

4.

What part of the working memory is a temporary store which integrates visual, spatial and verbal information from other stores?

a)

The Central Executive

b)

The Phonological Loop

c)

The Episodic Buffer

d)

The Visuospatial Sketchpad

5.

What part of the working memory stores visual data (what things look like)?

a)

Inner scribe

b)

Visual cache

6.

What part of the working memory directs attention to particular tasks?

a)

The Central Executive

b)

The Phonological Loop

c)

The Episodic Buffer

d)

The Visuospatial Sketchpad

7.

What part of the working memory controls the other slave systems by determining how resources will be allocated?

a)

The Central Executive

b)

The Phonological Loop

c)

The Episodic Buffer

d)

The Visuospatial Sketchpad

8.

What part of the working memory records arrangement of objects in the visual field (where objects are)?

a)

Inner scribe

b)

Visual cache

9.

What part of the working memory processes speech production (inner voice)?

a)

The articulatory process

b)

The phonological store

10.

What part of the working memory processes speech perception (inner ear)?

a)

The articulatory process

b)

The phonological store

11.

The central executive has limited capacity in terms of.....?

a)

Attention

b)

Visual data

c)

Auditory data

12.

Which part of memory does the WMM focus on?

a)

STM

b)

LTM

13.

How confident do you feel in your knowledge of the WMM?

a)

Not at all confident

b)

Not very confident

c)

Neither confident or unconfident

d)

Fairly confident

e)

Very confident