Controlled attention refers to forms of processing in which there is a deliberate voluntary allocation of mental effort or concentration

A large survey of parents and their children shows that parents:

A) believe children are more concerned about school than children are. B) believe the greatest worry children have is about their physical appearance. C) generally underestimate how worried their children are. D) are unusually accurate in knowing about their children's worries.

Don tells Ray he wants to get a new sports car. Ray immediately understands why, because he is familiar with the common characteristics of sports cars and knows what makes them different from family cars. Ray is using mental categories called _____

A) classes B) concepts C) attributes D) classifications