Proponents of multitasking would note ________ to support their opinion, whereas opponents of multitasking would point to ________ to justify their perspective.
A. selective attention; divided attention
B. distraction; selective attention
C. divided attention; distraction
D. attentional capture; divided attention
Answer: C
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Research that presents no more than minimal risk to participants and involves no intervention and no deception is an example of what type of research?
a. Category I b. Category II c. Category III d. Category IV
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a. wanted is to unwanted c. desire is to need b. control is to chaos d. thought is to behavior
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background music variable is a(n) a. true independent variable. c. dependent variable. b. quasi-independent variable. d. interval scale.