Lori types her notes on her laptop during her professor’s lectures, but she also checks her email and monitors Facebook at the same time. Although Lori insists that she’s a good multitasker, Steve informs her that she would remember the material better if she closed her email and browser during class. Steve’s good advice is based on knowledge of
a. working memory.
b. divided attention.
c. levels of processing.
d. encoding specificity.
Answer: b. divided attention.
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