Baddeley’s model of “working memory” differed from models of short-term memory in that it ______.
a. proposes that short-term memory primarily processes verbal information
b. proposes that short-term memory is composed of several smaller interacting systems
c. relies on two client systems rather than three
d. proposes all processing is essentially implicit in nature
Ans: B
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