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azncindy619

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Imagine that you are listening to a friend complaining about a course assignment, but you are simultaneously trying to read the newspaper. This is an example of
 
  a. top-down processing.
  b. divided attention.
  c. selective attention
  d. the binding problem.

Question 2

According to your textbook's introduction to Chapter 3, attention
 
  a. relies exclusively on bottom-up processing.
  b. uses both top-down and bottom-up processing.
  c. is a time-consuming but highly accurate cognitive process.
  d. is a quick process that is highly inaccurate.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: b

Answer to Question 2

Ans: b




azncindy619

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


JaynaD87

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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