Regarding Attention, Which of the Following Statements Is TRUE

question 172

Multiple Choice

Regarding attention, which of the following statements is TRUE?

• A)Divided attention may be thought of as a bottleneck in the flow of information from environment to perception.
• B)As skills become more automatic, selective attention is more likely to occur.
• C)Mastery of skills frees mental capacity and allows attention to be divided among larger units of activity.
• D)Selective attention occurs because of a decrease in the actual number of sensory messages sent to the brain.

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