You Are About to Take Your Psychology Test When in the Next

question 504

Multiple Choice

You are about to take your psychology test when in the next room a nature video is being shown to another class. You focus intensely on reading and answering the test questions. When you look up a few minutes later, you realize that the video has stopped, and you hadn't even noticed. This situation illustrates your

• A)sensory adaptation.
• B)selective attention.
• C)sensory gating.
• D)selective accommodation.

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