Question

Angel is considering how best to run several errands between his last class in the afternoon and the beginning of his shift at work 2 hours later. In his mind's eye, he sees a mental map of the town. This map helps Angel factor distances, traffic, and so on into his plans. This map is in his working memory component called the ________

Answer 1

Answer:

visuospatial sketchpad

Explanation:

Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch presented a model called the Model of Working Memory in 1974. This was developed in order to better understand short-term memory.

The visouspatial sketchpad is a part of the Working Memory Model which helps us visualize an environment in our minds. The amount of development of the visuospatial sketchpad depends from person to person.

Here, Angel can visualize the map of his town. This indicates that this map in his working memory component called the visuospatial sketchpad.