Jeffrey has excellent verbal skills and seems to be able to recall things he has heard without any problem.However, he has a terrible sense of direction and almost always gets lost, even when he is going to some place he has been before.Baddeley might suggest that Jeffrey has these problems because of inefficiencies in his:
A)central executive
B)visuospatial sketchpad
C)phonological loop
D)short-term memory span

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The visuospatial sketchpad is responsible for spatial awareness and navigation, so Jeffrey's troubles with directions suggest a deficiency in this component of his working memory system. The phonological loop is responsible for auditory processing and the central executive oversees attention, decision-making and coordination, but these areas are not directly related to spatial awareness. Short-term memory span refers specifically to the amount of information that can be held in working memory at any given time, so it is not the best choice for this scenario.

Jeffrey Has Excellent Verbal Skills and Seems to Be Able