"Learning from Past Experience" as a Factor Involved in Attention

question 7

Multiple Choice

"Learning from past experience" as a factor involved in attention was demonstrated by Shinoda et al. (2001) , who showed that drivers are more likely to detect stop signs when they were positioned

• A) at the middle of a block.
• B) 75 feet from the intersection.
• C) at the intersection.
• D) all of these locations were equally detected.

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Flat Tyre

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Common Heuristic

A widely used mental shortcut or rule of thumb that simplifies decision-making and problem-solving processes.

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Trial And Error

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