As Harry walks out of the supermarket, he sees his parked car get hit by another car. He tries to memorize the make, model, and license plate number of the other car. According to Baddeley’s model, he is using his working memory’s ____

a. ?central executive
b. ?visuospatial sketch pad
c. ?episodic buffer
d. ?phonological loop

ANSWER:
b

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