Describe and evaluate the Working Memory Model of Memory (12 marks) The working memory model by Baddeley and Hitch in 1974 is an alternative to the multi- store model‚ which was limited in its description of the STM. It consists of three main components‚ the first one being the central executive‚ which has overall control. The central executive is directs attention to two slave systems‚ the phonological loop and the visual-spatial sketchpad. The central executive has limited capacity but
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The WMM model of memory Atkinson’s and Shiffrin’s (1968) multi-store model was extremely successful in terms of the amount of research it generated. However‚ as a result of this research‚ it became apparent that there were a number of problems with their ideas concerning the characteristics of short-term memory. Building on this research‚ Baddeley and Hitch (1974) developed an alternative model of short-term memory which they called working memory. There are three main components to the original
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Baddley’s working memory model explains what goes on inside the short-term memory and the working memory. It consists of two temporary storages for short-term memory depending on the type of information. The visuospatial sketchpad stores the visual and spatial images for manipulation. The phonological loop maintains auditory memory by speech rehearsal. Visual/spatial images and auditory information are stored in separate locations in working memory. Another component in Baddley’s model is the central
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from using subvocal rehearsal…” All these passages have also strongly suggested that indeed memory is not merely stored as a block of information in simply one area of the brain but more likely to be from a complex system where many parts of the brain plays a role in the formation of memory with many networks interconnecting each part. [ \Giuseppe Vallar‚ Alan D. Baddeley‚ Fractionation of working memory: [Neuropsychological evidence for a phonological short-term store‚ Journal of Verbal Learning
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processes such as memory‚ remembering and problem solving. The cognitive approach is interested in how people take in information‚ how they mentally represent it and how they store it. It also looks at how the information is perceived and processed and how integrated patterns of behaviour occur. Memory is fundamental to our lives‚ we have to recall who we are‚ recognise the faces of everyone we meet and remember how to move and communicate. Several models of the way in which memory is structured and
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Memory- Task 1 Evaluate the usefulness of the three models of memory (multi-store model‚ working memory model and the levels of processing model) and discuss practical implications of memory research. Atkinson and Shiffrin ’s Multi- store Model of Memory (1968) hypothesises that there are three stores for memory; Sensory memory‚ short term memory (STM) and long term memory (LTM). The theory states that a memory passes through each of the stores and that the importance of the memory determines which
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Roth (1918) defines memory as the retention and retrieval of learning or prior experiences. There are three main models that explore memory. The first of these is Atkinson and Shiffrin’s (1968) Multi- Store or Modal model of memory. Atkinson and Shiffrin categorise memory into three sub-systems; the sensory memory‚ the short-term memory (STM) and the long-term memory (LTM). The sensory memory stores information for a very short period of time‚ only registering passing sensory information‚ such
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the Multi-store Model of Memory The multi-store model of memory was proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin in1968. The model consists of three separate stores – the sensory store‚ the short term memory and the long term memory. Information enters via our senses (sight‚ smell‚ sounds‚ taste and touch) into the sensory store. We pay attention to some of the things that enter our sensory store‚ these things them move on into our short term memory. Whatever is stored in the short term memory is only temporary;
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The Working Memory Model (WMM) is a theory by Baddeley and Hitch in 1974. The theory replaces the idea that there is a single Short Term Memory (STM) from Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)‚ it suggests that the STM is a flexible multi-component system. The WMM suggests that the STM is controlled by the Central Executive (CE) which controls attention‚ planning and synthesising information. The Central Executive is a flexible system which means it can process audio‚ visual and sound information‚ it also
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The Multi-store model of memory The Multi-store model of memory was proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968. It describes the structural features of the memory system‚ and various control processes used by individuals to manipulate the information flowing through the system. It uses the theory that memory is characterized as a flow of information. The system is divided into a set of stages and information passes through each stage in a fixed sequence. There is capacity and duration limitations
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