Chapter 3 discussed a study in which people in a laboratory setting were instructed to pay close attention to one message and to ignore a second message that mentioned their own name. According to your textbook,
a. about one-third of the time, people noticed their name in the irrelevant message.
b. people almost always noticed their name in the irrelevant message.
c. people almost always noticed their name in the relevant message, but they almost never noticed their name in the irrelevant message.
d. people were much more likely to notice their name in the irrelevant message than they would in a situation that has high ecological validity.
Ans: a
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