Some Psychologists Assert That Most Measures of Working Memory Capacity

question 167

Multiple Choice

Some psychologists assert that most measures of working memory capacity are really measures of executive control processes. This claim implies that the correlation coefficient between scores on a measure of working memory capacity and scores on a test of executive control would be __________.

• A) positive, but modest
• B) near zero
• C) high and positive
• D) negative

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