The Introduction of Telecommuting, Whereby People Work at Home and Connect

question 58

Multiple Choice

The introduction of telecommuting, whereby people work at home and connect to their employers' offices via the Internet,

• A)was mandated by the government
• B)was made possible by technological advances
• C)was encouraged by higher fuel costs
• D)was a consequence of corporate downsizing
• E)has been strenuously resisted by most workers

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Definitions:

Cocktail Party Effect

The brain's ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, much like when a person can focus on a single conversation in a noisy room.

Inattentional Blindness

A psychological phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight, due to the focus being elsewhere.

Information-Processing Perspective

A cognitive approach that likens the mind to a computer, focusing on how information is taken in, processed, stored, and retrieved.

Activation-Synthesis Theory

A theory proposing that dreams are the result of the brain's attempt to make sense of random neural activity during REM sleep.