An Instructor Watched the Reactions of Various Students While She

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Multiple Choice

An instructor watched the reactions of various students while she lectured on a topic.One student was doodling,another was text messaging on his cell phone,and another looked as if she was making out her grocery list.Why were these people having a hard time paying attention?

• A)Students do not have to achieve active listening skills in order to make good grades.
• B)There is a significant gap between the rate at which people listen and the rate at which they think.
• C)Today's students actually multitask in a way that makes listening less important.
• D)Today's students communicate digitally rather than verbally.

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Definitions:

MAUT

Multi-Attribute Utility Theory, a framework used in decision making to evaluate and compare choices based on multiple criteria.

Inductive Reasoning

A reasoning method where several assumptions, considered true or mostly true, are fused together to derive a particular outcome.

Deductive Reasoning

A logical process in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises; it is inference where true premises develop a true conclusion.

Skeptical

Being skeptical involves doubting or questioning the validity or authenticity of something.