Psych Q's

[melaniej]

And is what Eriny wrote about the Central Executive ("The central executive coordinates these two systems and is involved in selective attention.) all we need to know about it? because in the 2007 exam there was a big question on it.

OK, with the Central Executive, it integrates information from the verbal and visual storage systems, as well as information received from long-term memory. It plays an important role in working on the information held in the other two subsystems. Also responsible for suppressing irrelevant information from our conscious thinking. Involved with like decision making and planning. There's been a few questions I've seen that have asked:

Julie is planning her day trip into the city, which component of working memory is responsible for this?
But yeah that's all we need to know for working memory.

[sisqo1111]

yeh her working memory; central executive

[nickalaz]

psychlaw: in order 1 -> 44, the 08 STAV answers
D
A
D
D
C
D
A
A
A
C
D

D
A
D
A
B
A
B
B
C
B
C

B
C
C
D
B
C
A
B
C
D
A

C
B
C
B
B
B
A
D
A
D
C

[psychlaw]

The ways information can be transferred from the STM to the LTM
- Narrative Chaining
- Method of Loci
- Elaborate Rehearsal

are these all of them?

[AppleThief]

Psychlaw, RE: Central executive.

If you look in the 2007 Assessment Report, it sets out the functions and examples of each very clearly, which I found to be useful.

In fact, I'll just copy it here:
The ‘central executive’ is responsible for:
•  integrating information from the phonological loop and visuo-spatial sketchpad; for example, in reading where
a word is identified and sounded
•  communicating with long-term memory in terms of retrieving information required; for example, when
multiplying 7 × 43. This requires access to the seven times table from long-term memory
•  communicating with long-term memory in terms of assigning meaning in order to commit material to long-
term memory
•  planning a course of action to solve a problem; for example, deciding how to open a door when one has one’s
hands full of shopping bags
•  deciding which items require attention and which are to be ignored; for example, picking out relevant stimuli
when searching a location in a street-directory.
http://vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/psychology/assessreports/2007/psychology2_assessrep_07.pdf