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AQA A-Level Psychology 7182
Social Influence
Memory
Attachment
Topic overviewCaregiver-infant interactions: reciprocity and interactional synchronySchaffer's stages of attachmentMultiple attachments and the role of the fatherAnimal studies of attachmentExplanations of attachmentAinsworth's Strange Situation and types of attachmentBowlby's theory of maternal deprivation and effects of institutionalisationInfluence of early attachment on relationshipsCultural variations in attachment
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Memory
The working memory model
- 6 things to know
- Paper 1
Overview
Short-term memory as separate components rather than one store: the central executive, the phonological loop and its two parts, the visuo-spatial sketchpad, and the episodic buffer.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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What are the two sub-components of the phonological loop?
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Outline the visuo-spatial sketchpad and its possible sub-components.
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What is the episodic buffer and when was it added?
Evaluation
Give the evidence for and the main weakness of working memory.
Who and when
Who proposed the working memory model, and what did it replace?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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Who proposed the working memory model and in what year?
Model answer
Baddeley and Hitch in 1974
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What aspect of the multi-store model did the working memory model challenge?
Model answer
The idea of a unitary (single) short-term memory store
- 3
What is the function of the central executive in working memory?
Model answer
It directs attention to particular tasks and determines how resources are allocated to tasks
- 4
Can the central executive process information from only one sensory modality?
Model answer
No, it can process information from any sensory modality
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What is the capacity of the central executive?
Model answer
It has limited capacity
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Does the central executive have its own storage capacity?
Model answer
No, it has no storage capacity itself and relies on the slave systems for temporary storage
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