Research on Attentional Priming in Pigeons Has Found That

question 40

Multiple Choice

Research on attentional priming in pigeons has found that

• A) subjects are more successful with visual search tasks when the target occurs randomly and infrequently.
• B) subjects are distracted by primes and perform more accurately and quickly when the prime is omitted.
• C) extensive practice on visual search tasks eliminates priming effects.
• D) reducing the number and frequency of distractors in the background decreases accuracy.

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

Refers to events or properties that cannot occur or be true at the same time.

Distribution

The process of making a product or service available for the consumer or business user who needs it, which can involve transportation, packaging, and delivery.

Ratio

A mathematical relationship that compares two numbers or quantities, indicating how many times one value contains or is contained by the other.

Frequencies

The number of times an event occurs within a specified period, often used in the context of waves or signals.