What Is the Explanation for the Irrelevant Speech Effect, Assuming

question 14

Multiple Choice

What is the explanation for the irrelevant speech effect, assuming a phonological loop like that described by Baddeley's model?

• A) Constantly talking during retention consumes the resources of the articulatory loop.
• B) People automatically activate word meaning when they process words in working memory, thereby affecting short-term retention.
• C) Additional irrelevant information consumes phonological loop resources that then cannot be dedicated to remembering the appropriate information.
• D) This mechanism proposes a problem for this theory, because the theory cannot account for the effect.

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