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Evvie72

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People with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder often have problems because they are impulsive and inattentive. The component of working memory that is most likely to be relevant in these problems is
 
  a. the episodic buffer.
  b. the central executive.
  c. the visuospatial sketchpad
  d. the phonological loop.

Question 2

In the working-memory model, which of the following cognitive activities would the central executive be most likely to perform?
 
  a. representing the information from a geometry problem
  b. deciding which items on a list should be remembered and which should be forgotten.
  c. actively transferring the information from working memory into sensory memory
  d. listening to a series of words in random order.


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macagnavarro

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

Ans: b

Answer to Question 2

Ans: b


Evvie72

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Reply #2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thank you!


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Reply #3 on: Jun 20, 2018
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