Exam 5: Short-Term Working Memory

Briefly describe three pieces of evidence in support of Baddeley's working memory model.

The central executive depends most critically on what part of the brain?

The correlation between working memory span scores and memory retrieval is __________.

Compared to people with smaller working memory spans,people with higher working memory spans show a(n)-

Information that is stored and processed in the phonological loop is most likely __________.

Which of the following effects is NOT a hallmark of the phonological loop?

The reason for doing a dual-task study is to assess __________.

Draw a "typical" serial position curve.Label the axes.Label the important features.

Draw Baddeley's view of the human working memory system.Diagram the important parts.List at least one function for each component.

Mental manipulation of a visual short-term memory code that reorients the imagined object in space is __________.