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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Definitions:

Smooth ER

A type of endoplasmic reticulum in cells, lacking ribosomes, involved in lipid synthesis, detoxification, and calcium ion storage.

Cholesterol

A waxy, fat-like substance found in all cells of the body, necessary for the production of hormones, vitamin D, and bile acids.

Basal Body

Structure involved in the organization and anchorage of a cilium or flagellum. Structurally similar to a centriole; each is in the form of a cylinder composed of nine triplets of microtubules (9 × 3 structure).

Flagellum

A long, whiplike structure extending from certain cells and used in locomotion. (1) Eukaryote flagella consist of two central, single microtubules surrounded by nine double microtubules (9 + 2 structure), all covered by a plasma membrane. (2) Bacterial flagella are filaments rotated by special structures located in the plasma membrane and cell wall. (3) Archaea have a rotating appendage, an archaellum, for motility.