It would be impossible for most students to listen to a physics lecture, read a literature book, and count backward from 500 to 1 simultaneously. This is primarily because attentional resources are ____.?

a. ?selective
b. ?automatic
c. ?limited
d. ?effortful


ANSWER:
c

Psychology

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