Why Is Our Innate Ability to Notice Salient Stimuli More

question 58

Multiple Choice

Why is our innate ability to notice salient stimuli more acutely than background stimuli beneficial?

• A) it helps us to learn tasks more easily
• B) it alerts us of potential benefits and threats
• C) it allows us to focus more acutely on voluntary stimuli
• D) it is not necessarily beneficial, it is actually detrimental to our ability to focus

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