The working memory model differs from the simple short-term store because it holds that short-term memory:
AHolds nothing at all
BLasts a whole lifetime
CCannot be measured
DHas different forms
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Has different forms
1. The stage model treats each stage as a single undivided store.
2. Later work questioned that for the middle stage.
3. Baddeley and Hitch in 1974 proposed a working memory model in which short-term memory has different forms.
4. Those forms handle different kinds of material rather than competing for one slot.
5. The model keeps short-term memory brief; it is the internal structure that changes.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 8 'Memory', sections 8.1-8.4_
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