Which of the Following Students' Statements Best Characterizes Baddeley's View

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following students' statements best characterizes Baddeley's view of working memory?

• A) Sam: "Working memory has four separate components, each with its own specialized kind of cognitive activity."
• B) Lois: "Working memory consists of two components, short-term working memory and long-term working memory."
• C) Kyung: "Working memory is an activated state of the more general long-term memory store."
• D) Manuel: "Current research shows that there really is no important difference between working memory and long-term memory."

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