A Professional Basketball Player Is Able to Shoot a Basketball

question 238

Multiple Choice

A professional basketball player is able to shoot a basketball without really thinking about the particular muscle movements needed to do this. For this athlete, such an action would be said to involve

• A)automatic processing
• B)controlled processing
• C)compensatory processing
• D)conscious processing

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