Baddeley's Working Memory

What is the main topic of the text?

• History

• Science

• Mathematics

• Attention and memory formation

What is the term used to describe the mechanism that determines what's most important in sensory information?

• Executive Officer

• Executive Director

• Central Executive

• Peripheral Executive

What is the function of the phonological loop in working memory?

• Determine long-term memory

• Make decisions about attention

• Process visual and spatial information

• Rehearse verbal information

What is the visuospatial sketchpad responsible for processing?

• Long-term memory

• Visual and spatial information

• Verbal information

• Sensory information

What is the purpose of externalized supports like anchor charts and graphic organizers?

• To provide more space on the working memory desktop

• To limit the capacity of working memory

• To process verbal information

• To overwhelm working memory

What is the term used to describe the model of how memory works?

• Atkinson and Shiffrin memory model

• Visuospatial sketchpad memory model

• Badly's memory model

• Central Executive memory model

What is the main interest of the Central Executive?

• Rehearsing verbal information

• Encoding long-term memory

• Determining what's important

• Processing sensory information

What is the term used to describe the mechanism that determines what we need to survive and thrive?

• Central Executive

• Peripheral Executive

• Executive Officer

• Executive Director

What is the term used to describe the process of keeping information handy through repetition?

• Processing

• Rehearsal

• Encoding

• Filtering

What is the term used to describe the process of understanding, synthesizing, and encoding information into long-term memory?

• Filtering

• Processing

• Encoding

• Rehearsal