Colin Cherry's experiment in which participants listened to two different messages, one presented to each ear, found that people
A. could focus on a message only if they are repeating it.
B. could focus on a message only if they rehearsed it.
C. could focus on one message and ignore the other one at the same time.
D. could not focus on a message presented to only one ear.
Answer: C
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