During a Particularly Boring Lecture, You Carefully Note the Time

question 64

Multiple Choice

During a particularly boring lecture, you carefully note the time on a clock that is mounted on the side wall of the classroom while keeping your eyes fixated on the professor's face. This is an example of

• A)covert attention.
• B)inhibition of return.
• C)extinction.
• D)conjunction search.

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Definitions:

Experimental Treatment

A new or untested medical intervention or drug being studied to evaluate its effectiveness and safety.

Placebo

A substance or treatment that has no active therapeutic effect, used in clinical trials for comparison.

Fracture

The breaking of a bone, typically as a result of an accident, injury, or excessive force.

Placebo Effect

A beneficial effect, produced by a placebo drug or treatment, that cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and must instead be due to the patient's belief in that treatment.