A Person Who Is Able to Ignore Distractions and Focus

question 74

Multiple Choice

A person who is able to ignore distractions and focus on information necessary to solve a problem is good at

• A)selective attention.
• B)selective encoding.
• C)selective combination.
• D)selective comparison.

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Definitions:

Somatic Motor System

The part of the central and peripheral nervous system involved in the voluntary control of body movements via skeletal muscles.

Autonomic Ganglion

A cluster of nerve cell bodies in the autonomic nervous system that acts as a relay point for transmitting nerve signals.

Cranial Nerves

The twelve pairs of nerves that originate directly from the brain, not the spinal cord, and are responsible for carrying messages to and from the brain to various parts of the head and neck.

Parasympathetic Division

A division of the autonomic nervous system responsible for stimulating rest-and-digest or feed-and-breed activities in the body.