When a particularly odd image or striking sound captures our attention, that image or sound is said to have ______.

A. stimulus salience
B. covert attentional appeal
C. change blindness resistance
D. attention shift capacity


Answer: A

Psychology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following has not been shown to be true of children with math disabilities?

a. They tend to use less-sophisticated arithmetic strategies than typically developing children. b. They tend to use fact retrieval less often when solving simple arithmetic problems than typically developing children do. c. Their practice at fact retrieval appreciably improves their performance. d. They have difficulty keeping number names in their working memories.

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If you must recall a list of items in a set order, but you are interrupted by a new task that you must complete before you recall the list, which of the list items are you most likely to recall?

a) The items that were presented earlies b) The items that were presented latest c) The items that were presented in the middle d) The items that sound similar to each other

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Describe the authoritative parenting style.

What will be an ideal response?

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