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Why the model replaced a single short-term store

Why the model replaced a single short-term store

Labelled diagram of the working memory model showing the central executive directing the phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad and episodic buffer, with a two-way link to long-term memory

Working memory is a temporary, active system that holds and manipulates information while you read, reason and solve problems. Baddeley and Hitch (1974) proposed it because short-term memory seemed too complex to be just one single store.

Working memory model Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Working memory model

Step-by-step lessons on AQA A Level Psychology Working memory model. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the compulsory core topics before tackling the more evaluation-heavy optional and issues-and-debates content.

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