What is divided attention and are adolescents any better at it than they were in middle childhood?

What will be an ideal response?


Divided attention is the ability to do two things at once. This can be reading a book while listening to music. Evidence has shown that adolescents are better at divided attention and focusing on both at the same time.

Psychology

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a. expertise c. trustworthiness b. attractiveness d. all of these

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Both the divorce-stress-adjustment perspective and the selection model attempt to

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a. rely on observation, experimentation, or measurement. b. characterize an entire set of research data. c. are conducted in a field setting outside of a laboratory. d. compare subjects of different ages at a given time. a. rely on observation, experimentation, or measurement. b. characterize an entire set of research data. c. are conducted in a field setting outside of a laboratory. d. compare subjects of different ages at a given time.

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