Burt complains to a marriage counselor that although his wife, Lonnie, appears to be listening when he talks, she often has no memory of what he has said and is "in a world of her own." Lonnie is demonstrating ____.?
a. ?dichotic listening
b. ?dyslexia
c. ?selective attention
d. ?top-down processing
ANSWER:
c
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