John and Jean Are Taking Notes in Class

question 36

Multiple Choice

John and Jean are taking notes in class. John can write faster than Jean when the teacher dictates the lesson. This is because John responds faster to auditory stimuli than Jean does. This illustrates the difference in John's and Jean's ______. gross motor skills.

• A)   gross motor skills.
• B) reaction time.
• C) objective morality.
• D) moral reasoning abilities.

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Definitions:

Treisman's Experiment

An experiment by Anne Treisman that demonstrates the role of attention in the perception of objects, highlighting how the brain integrates information from different visual features.

Broadbent's Model

A theory of attention that proposes that information is filtered at an early stage of perception, allowing only a subset of stimuli to be processed in detail.

Cocktail Party Effect

The ability of individuals to focus on a single conversation in a noisy environment, ignoring other conversations.

Dichotic Listening Phenomenon

a cognitive experiment where two different auditory stimuli are presented to each ear simultaneously, used to study selective attention and the brain’s processing of information.