In one study cited in the textbook, participants counted passes while watching a video of a basketball game (Neisser, 1979). The researchers recorded whether participants noticed a woman walk across the screen with an umbrella. This study was intended MOST specifically to demonstrate:

A. consciousness.
B. selective attention.
C. inattentional blindness.
D. sequential processing.

C. inattentional blindness.

Psychology

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Bobby suffered a stroke that damaged his brain, causing partial paralysis in his left arm. To increase the rate of neurogenesis in the damaged part of his brain and speed his recovery, Bobby's good right arm is immobilized, which forces his impaired left arm to become more active. This approach is known as

a. ablation. b. constraint-induced movement. c. localization of function. d. synaptic potential immobilization.

Psychology

Carl Stumpf had a close and positive relationship with ____

a. Edward Titchener c. Franz Brentano b. Wilhelm Wundt d. Edward Thorndike

Psychology