Carlos's teacher tells the class that they should be sure to listen to an important announcement that is coming in on the school's intercom. Carlos, however, misses the message as he is focused on a fly that is crawling across his desk. Carlos's failure is best blamed on faulty
a. deferred imitation.
b. implicit memory.
c. attention skills.
d. sensory memory.
c
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