You are in class listening to the instructor, but the students on both sides of you are having separate quiet conversations. Even though these conversations are distracting, you are able to maintain your focus and attention on the lecture
What skill are you utilizing?
a. divided attention
b. selective attention
c. ignoring
d. focused attention
B. The student is not dividing his or her attention, rather he or she is selectively focusing on the lecture. Divided attention would indicate that at some point, the student was actively and purposefully listening to the other students.
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A. the early asylums in Europe; the hospitals run by Philippe Pinel B. the sanatoriums of Alexandria, Egypt; Bedlam in London C. the hospitals run by Philippe Pinel; the early asylums in Europe D. the treatment advocated by Hippocrates; the early asylums in the United States
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of the behavior of the dogs is that the behavior results from (a) instinct (b) learning (c) food rewards (d) many components, it is multidetermined