Marcus is attempting to sketch a complex architectural floor plan while watching a video tutorial on how to fold an intricate origami crane. He finds it extremely difficult to perform both tasks simultaneously.
Explain, using the working memory model, why Marcus experienced this difficulty.
177 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Working memory model, Multi-store model of memory, Episodic and semantic long-term memory, Reconstructive memory and schema theory, Individual differences in memory, and Developmental psychology in memory. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.