Which of the following is NOT an aspect of attention?
a. Practice in using attention increases its limits almost indefinitely.
b. We cannot attend to everything we are presented with.
c. Some tasks do not involve much attention.
d. Some tasks require less attention with practice.
Answer: a
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a. US and CR b. US and CS c. CR and CS d. UR and CR
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