A Teenager Focused on Texting While Crossing the Street Is

question 380

Multiple Choice

A teenager focused on texting while crossing the street is not likely to notice a car rounding the corner and about to cross her path.This best illustrates the unfortunate consequences of

• A)hypnagogic sensations.
• B)selective attention.
• C)circadian rhythms.
• D)parallel processing.

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Definitions:

Brain

The organ in the head of vertebrates responsible for thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates our body.

Alternative Model

A different or non-traditional framework or theory that offers a variant perspective or solution to a problem or situation.

Pathological Personality Traits

Enduring, inflexible, and maladaptive patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior that deviate significantly from cultural expectations and cause distress or impairment.

DSM-5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, a comprehensive classification of officially recognized psychiatric disorders.