PSYCH101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Long-Term Memory, Edward Thorndike, B. F. Skinner

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

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Psychology 101 long answer test study guide#1: explain baddeley"s model of working memory. Baddeley"s model of working memory has 4 different components: a central executive which controls the attention divided between the 3 modules". Depending on the mental exercise, the central executive shifts the attention from one module to another but many activities require a combination of modules (such as reading, which uses sketchpad and the phonological loop). The 3 box model of memory storage is much simpler on the other hand. Information is filtered from sensory register to short term memory which has a limited capacity of 7+/- 2 items and retains the information for 20-30 seconds after which the information is forgotten. Baddeley does not include capacity or duration in his model. This short term memory is involved in the conscious process of memory in which information in short term memory can then be transferred into long term memory.