The increase in skilled performance shown by highly trained athletes when they are slightly distracted is evidence for the effects of:
a. effortfulness
b. systematic introspection
c. dichotic listening
d. automaticity
D
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A. bottle formula B. cow's milk C. goat's milk D. mother's breast milk
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A) centration B) displacement C) overextension D) overregularization
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a. engineering b. comparative c. consumer d. sensation and perception
Which of the following was NOT an argument used by the psychologists in their amicus curiae brief submitted in the case of Lockhart v. McCree (1986)?
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