Your Friend Wants a Suggestion for an Experiment Measuring Selective

question 6

Multiple Choice

Your friend wants a suggestion for an experiment measuring selective attention. You recommend

• A) having participants find the blue shape amid different red shapes and timing how long it takes to name the shape
• B) having participants listen to a recording that plays his voice out of one side of a headphone set and your voice out of the other, and to repeat what they hear
• C) having participants view a series of numbers presented briefly on the screen, and rehearse them mentally in order to write them down
• D) having participants try and recall their second birthday and describe the emotions they felt

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