Posner Et Al

question 62

Multiple Choice

Posner et al.(1978) used attentional cueing with valid,invalid,and neutral cues and found that

• A)response time was fastest with the valid cue.
• B)response time was fastest with the invalid cue.
• C)response times were equally fast with either the valid or invalid cues,but slower with the neutral cues.

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