Regarding Selective Attention, Which Statement Is True

question 158

Multiple Choice

Regarding selective attention, which statement is True?

• A)Unselected information is not processed.
• B)Selective attention is better among older than among younger adults.
• C)Stimuli that occur only once are more likely to be attended than repeated stimuli.
• D)Positive emotions improve selective attention more than negative ones do.

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Definitions:

Encoding Specificity Effect

The principle that recall is more effective when retrieval conditions are similar to the conditions under which information was encoded.

TOT Effect

The "Tip-of-the-Tongue" phenomenon, where a person cannot recall a specific word or term even though it feels just out of reach.

Serial Position Effect

A cognitive phenomenon where an individual tends to remember the first and last items in a series better than the middle items.

Phi Phenomenon

The Phi Phenomenon is the optical illusion of perceiving continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession, foundational in the study of motion perception.