In an Experiment on Attention Described in the Textbook,researchers Attempted

question 79

Multiple Choice

In an experiment on attention described in the textbook,researchers attempted to create visual displays that would put goal-directed selection and stimulus-driven capture into competition.What did the findings suggest?

• A)the perceptual system of humans is organized so that changes in the environment are readily habituated.
• B)goal-directed selection is sufficiently powerful to consistently withstand the effects of stimulus-driven capture.
• C)in some circumstances,stimulus-driven capture wins out over goal-directed selection.
• D)it is not possible to design a task in which stimulus-driven capture and goal-directed selection compete directly.

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