The definition of maladroit is  awkward or showing a lack of skills. An example of a maladroit person is an employee who cannot accomplish the simplest tasks of the job. noun Maladroit is defined as a person with a lack of skills.
Even within Working Memory (the next step after Sensory Memory), the verbal/non-verbal information is processed separately. Verbal input is attended to and processed in your brain's phonological loop. Visual input is attended to and processed on your brain's visuospatial sketchpad. From these two different locations, the information is encoded (transferred) to long-term memory.
Humans donât process all incoming sensory. stimulation that is available. Human information processing starts very early. by seeking out, focusing, and selecting particular. aspects of the available information. Attention is the mechanism by which we restrict. information processing to only a small fraction of. the possible amount of information. Attention includes both conscious processes and. unconscious processes. Often cognitive processes (such as object. identification) are the end result of unconscious.