Your professor allows students to listen to music while taking an exam. According to research on multitasking, these students will likely perform
a. better than if they were not listening to music.
b. worse than if they were not listening to music.
c. differently depending on each particular student's ability to multitask.
d. The same as if they were not listening to music.
Answer: B
Rationale: Research has shown that people who believe they are good multitaskers actually tend to be worse at it.
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