Which of the Following Related to Selective Attention Is False

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following related to selective attention is false?

• A)Because people can only attend to about seven units of information at a time, it is easy to overload consumers with too much information.
• B)People who are knowledgeable a topic are usually less able to attend to related information, since they already hold so much information.
• C)Arousal is a state of physical wakefulness or alertness.
• D)Salient and vivid stimuli both draw attention involuntarily.
• E)The allocation of attention is both voluntary and involuntary.

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