Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. About 3%–5% of school-aged children suffer from ADHD.
2. Automatic processes involve intention and conscious awareness.
3. Attentional capture is a voluntary process.
4. Attention determines what gets learned during practice of a task.
5. Talking to a passenger in a car is just as dangerous as talking on a cell phone while driving.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
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a. 9 b. 5 c. 8 d. 10
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a. ?our visual cortex has specialized cells that fire only in response to specific stimuli b. ?only stimuli that have specific features will cause our sensory systems to detect them c. ?stimuli with the most distinctive features will be the ones most likely to catch our attention d. ?our brains default to top-down processing once we have detected the key features of a situation
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A. false uniqueness bias B. false consensus effect C. actor-observer bias D. fundamental attribution error
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