While trying to balance her checkbook, Deniece is able to ignore both the telephone ringing and her barking dog who wants to go outside. In this situation, Deniece is displaying her ability to
A) sustain her attention.
B) inhibit her responses to irrelevant stimuli.
C) selectively attend to stimuli.
D) all of the above.
D
Psychology
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Which of the following is an example of simultaneous processing?
a. synthesizing information to solve problems b. arranging information in a systematic order c. splitting attention between two sources of information d. any activity that involves both verbal and nonverbal skills.
Psychology
The psychodynamic approach, based on the ideas of Freud, holds that much of our behavior is governed by:
a. unconscious forces b. environmental influences c. free will d. idiographic traits
Psychology