Working Memory Model Quiz

What is the central executive in the working memory model responsible for?

• Controlling other components

• Integrating information

• Storing visual information

• Processing auditory information

Which part of the working memory model processes auditory information like sounds and words?

• Phonological loop

• Visuo-spatial sketchpad

• Central executive

• Episodic buffer

What is the capacity of the phonological loop in the working memory model?

• 4 items plus or minus 1

• How much you can say in two seconds

• Unlimited

• 5 items plus or minus 2

What is the visuo-spatial sketchpad in the working memory model responsible for processing?

• Verbal information

• Integrated information

• Visual and spatial information

• Acoustic information

Which study showed that the visuo-spatial sketchpad exists as a separate process from verbal processing in the working memory model?

• Prabhakaran's brain scanning study

• Baddeley's dual task performance study

• Shallice and Warrington's case study

• Baddeley's word length effect study

What is the criticism of the central executive in the working memory model?

• It is a passive store for information

• It has limited capacity

• It is not fully operationalised

• It is responsible for processing visual and spatial information

What is the problem with applying findings from laboratory studies on working memory to real-life memory?

• Lack of inference

• Lack of external validity

• Lack of mundane realism

• Lack of internal validity

What is the term used for the educated guesses made by cognitive psychologists about the underlying processes of memory?

• Mundane realism

• Homunculus

• External validity

• Inference