1st Edition

An Analysis of Alan D. Baddeley and Graham Hitch's Working Memory

96 Pages
by Macat Library

96 Pages
by Macat Library

92 Pages
by Macat Library

The work of memory researchers Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch is a prime example of the ways in which good critical thinkers approach questions and the problems they raise. In the 1960s, researchers into human memory began to understand memory as comprising not one, but two systems. The first was a short-term system handling information for mere seconds. The second was a long-term system... Read more

Ways in to the Text 

Who were Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch? 

What does Working Memory Say? 

Why does Working Memory Matter? 

Section 1: Influences 

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context  

Module 2: Academic Context  

Module 3: The Problem  

Module 4: The Author's Contribution 

Section 2: Ideas  

Module 5: Main Ideas  

Module 6: Secondary Ideas  

Module 7: Achievement  

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work 

Section 3: Impact  

Module 9: The First Responses  

Module 10: The Evolving Debate 

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today 

Module 12: Where Next?  

Glossary of Terms 

People Mentioned in the Text  

Works Cited

Biography

Dr Birgit Koopmann-Holm holds a doctorate in Psychology from Stanford University. She currently teaches in the Department of Psychology at Santa Clara University, California.

Dr Alexander O’Connor did his postgraduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a PhD for work on social and personality psychology.