Absentminded behavior is most likely to occur
a. when you are performing a very important behavior.
b. when you are performing a source-monitoring task.
c. when you are performing a routine activity, but you are thinking about the separate steps involved in the action.
d. when a prospective-memory task requires you to interrupt a routine activity.
Ans: d
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