A Group of Participants Is Interrupted While Working on a Problem.The

question 52

Multiple Choice

A group of participants is interrupted while working on a problem.The participants then spend some time on an unrelated task and,finally,return to the initial problem.Studies of this sort generally show that the

• A)participants will benefit from the interruption and are more likely to solve the problem when they return to it.
• B)participants will be disrupted by the interruption and are less likely to solve the problem when they return to it.
• C)participants will not be affected by the interruption.
• D)data are mixed,with some studies showing a benefit from the interruption but with many studies showing no effect.

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