In a study, participants had to complete two tasks at once or separately. It was found that when they performed both tasks at the same time, they did not perform as well as when they performed the tasks separately. This experiment employed the ______.
A. dual-task method
B. filter model of attention
C. capacity model of attention
D. single-task method
Answer: A
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