Curtis Is Working on a Presentation and Doesn't Hear the Phone

question 67

Multiple Choice

Curtis is working on a presentation and doesn't hear the phone ringing in the background.Later,he is surprised to find three phone messages have come in for him,because he was totally unaware that the phone had even rung.Incidents of this type would lend support to

• A) a late-selection model of attention.
• B) a proactive model of attention.
• C) an early-selection model of attention.
• D) an acoustic-blocking model of attention.

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Definitions:

Observational Models

Learning through observing the behaviors of others and the outcomes of those behaviors, also known as social learning.

Operant Chambers

Enclosures used to study animal behavior through operant conditioning, featuring mechanisms for delivering reinforcements and punishments.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, evokes a conditioned response.