Which of the Following Students Provides the Best Overview of the Current

question 32

Multiple Choice

Which of the following students provides the best overview of the current status of the Atkinson-Shiffrin model?

• A) Flora: "It lost popularity after Miller's article on the 'magical number seven' failed to support the concept of short-term memory."
• B) Nicola: "This model continues to be important because recent research clearly supports the distinction between short-term memory and long-term memory."
• C) Bruce: "The research has not clearly demonstrated that short-term memory is different from long-term memory."
• D) Miguel: "The model now plays a major role in the parallel distributed processing (PDP) approach."

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