Marcus can sketch a floor plan on his tablet and listen to an instrumental music playlist at the same time. However, he finds it difficult to draft an email to his colleague while listening to an informative podcast. Use your knowledge of the working memory model to explain why Marcus is able to perform the first two tasks at the same time, but finds it difficult to perform the second two tasks at the same time.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Working memory model with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 34 questions, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.