Baddeley's model of working memory had a different focus from the earlier approaches to short-term memory because
a. he emphasized that working memory is useful in holding related items in our memory simultaneously.
b. he devised a precise operational definition for every component of working memory.
c. he examined a much more limited set of processes, compared to earlier models.
d. he focused much more on the visual characteristics of stimuli than on the auditory characteristics of the stimuli.
Ans: a
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