PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Baddeley'S Model Of Working Memory, Sketchpad, Frontal Lobe

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Monica Castelhano

Document Summary

Working memory: stm (as a concept) was found to be too limited. Did not take into account ability to coordinate and manipulate information. Only input and storage: working memory model is a broader concept. Involves both the storage and manipulation of information. Sketchpad - imagery and other visual/ spatial processes. Phonological loop - rehearsal and other articulatory processes. Fits within modal model: working memory should be a seen as a subset of short term memory. Components of working memory: the central executive. Asses the additional need of subsystems, subsystems can borrow from central executive. Controls resources assigned to and switching between two simultaneous tasks. Seems to be done in the frontal lobe: if damaged, hard to switch between tasks quickly or well. Thursday, february 2, 2017: the phonological loop. Two sub components: the phonological store - passive retention (information you"re holding, the articulatory loop - active rehearsal (process of looping it)