Chapter 10 Pointed Out That People Who Are Working on a Writing

question 34

Multiple Choice

Chapter 10 pointed out that people who are working on a writing assignment are operating on a "full-time cognitive overload." This phrase suggests that

• A) people need to write down phrases as soon as they are created, to reduce this overload problem.
• B) decision making is a central component of writing, so that writers can reject ideas that are not productive.
• C) it's important to transfer ideas from working memory to long-term memory, prior to writing them down.
• D) writers typically use all the components of working memory, as well as long-term memory.

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