Colin Cherry's Experiment in Which Participants Listen to Two Messages

question 13

Multiple Choice

Colin Cherry's experiment in which participants listen to two messages simultaneously, one in each ear, found that

• A) people can focus on one message and ignore the other one.
• B) people can focus on the message they were repeating.
• C) people take in very little information about the ignored message.
• D) all of these

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