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tiara099

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Working memory is useful in our daily lives because
 
  a. it is flexible, so that you can work on a variety of tasks within a short time period.
  b. it has a strict limit; you therefore cannot confuse one task with another task.
  c. it accurately stores items for up to 10 minutes, even when you are working on another task.
  d. it has no upper limit.

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Suppose that you are calculating your recent expenses, and you are adding up five 2-digit numbers in your head. As you begin to calculate the final sum, you feel that you've reached the limits of your memory. This strain can be traced to
 
  a. the difficulty of keeping all this material in your working memory.
  b. the difficulty of transferring material from working memory to long-term memory.
  c. a conflict between top-down and bottom-up processing.
  d. material that is larger than the span of sensory memory.


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sierramartinez

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: a

Answer to Question 2

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tiara099

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Wow, this really help

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