Which of the following statements about attention is true?
a. We select relatively large amounts of information from the sensory registers.
b. We select information from the sensory registers only on the basis of its physical
characteristics.
c. The background processing of "ignored" signals allows our attention to be shifted
to focus on something particularly meaningful.
d. "Unattended" messages are completely filtered out.
C
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problem and forget where you are. Why? (a) sensory memory is subject to decay (b) your working memory lacks sufficient space, or capacity (c) you don't have the rules accessible in LTM (d) LTM is accessed via retrieval cues (e) insufficient elaborative rehearsal
Calkins invented the paired associates technique to study memory and also was denied her Ph.D. by Harvard University
a. True b. False