The Use of States as Basic Geographic Control Units

question 17

Multiple Choice

The use of states as basic geographic control units:

• A)Reflects consumer buying patterns
• B)Has increased in recent years
• C)Has declined in use because it is expensive
• D)Is inefficient because it complicates the process of analyzing territory potential
• E)Causes problems because states are defined as political units rather than economic boundaries

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Definitions:

Selective Attention

The cognitive process of focusing on one particular object or task in the environment while ignoring other irrelevant stimuli.

Blindsight

A condition in which individuals with blindness caused by brain damage can still respond to visual stimuli without consciously perceiving them.

Dual Processing

The principle that our mind operates on two levels: a conscious deliberate level and an unconscious automatic level.

Inattentional Blindness

The psychological phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight due to a lack of attention, not vision defects or deficits.