If a Participant Is Asked to Perform Two Activities at the Same

question 28

Multiple Choice

If a participant is asked to perform two activities at the same time,performance will be improved if

• A)the two activities are plainly different from each other,drawing on different task-specific resources.
• B)the two activities are partially related,so that resource use can be coordinated.
• C)both activities require large amounts of task-general resources.
• D)neither activity involves verbal processing.

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