Attention Is Best Characterized as A(n)

question 60

Multiple Choice

Attention is best characterized as a(n)

• A)specific brain process,dependent on the parietal lobe.
• B)single mechanism that functions differently in different circumstances.
• C)capacity that only comes into being through practice.
• D)achievement that depends on many different processes.

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Definitions:

Preferred Activity

An activity that an individual chooses or prefers over other options, often used in reinforcement learning and behavior modification strategies.

Response Deprivation Theory

A theory suggesting that a behavior can become reinforcing when access to that behavior is restricted below its baseline level of occurrence.

Baseline Occurrence

The rate at which a behavior occurs before any intervention or conditioning is applied.

Probability-Differential Theory

The idea that an activity will have reinforcing properties when its probability of occurrence is greater than that of the reinforced activity.