Question

The chapter on working memory discussed several studies about individual differences inworking memory. Which of the following students provides the best information about how working memory is related to academic skills?
a.Samantha: "People who have an unusually large capacity in their episodic buffer arelikely to earn poor grades in school."
b.Aroona: "People who are especially skilled on a task that uses the central executive are likely to score high in reading comprehension."
c.Sanjay: "The research failed to support Baddeley’s model; most academic tasks require the equal participation of all four components of working memory."
d.James: "The research failed to support Baddeley's model; there is no relationship between central-executive skills and a wide variety of other measures that should berelated to the central executive and a wide variety of academic skills."

Answer 1

Answer:

b.  Aroona: "People who are especially skilled on a task that uses the central executive are likely to score high in reading comprehension.

Explanation:

Working memory is a term that describes the congnitive system that makes human to store information for processing. It temporarily holds information, and is essential in efficiency of cognition, learning and academic skills or performance. The three functional working memories are:

1.  Central executive

2.  Phonological loop

3.  Visual sketchpad.

The research has shown that, phonological awareness determines the reading accuracy, while phonological awareness and central executive determine reading comprehension.