cog psy part 1 (working memory) questions and answers Graded A+

cog psy part 1 (working memory) questions and answers Graded A+ Baddeley's Model of Working Memory - Working memory consists of four components: central executive (attention control; PFC/ACC), phonological loop (verbal/auditory info; Wernicke's/Broca's), visuospatial sketchpad (visual/spatial info; visual cortex), and episodic buffer (parietal lobe; integrates info and links WM to LTM). Central Executive - Controls attention in working memory; responsible for focusing, dividing, and switching attention and suppressing irrelevant information. Phonological Loop - Handles verbal and auditory information and stores auditory information when the stimulus is no longer present. Phonological Similarity Effect - Letters or words that sound similar are more easily confused in memory. Word Length Effect - People remember short words bett