You and your 51-year-old mother are playing a speed-based computer game. The point of the game is to respond as quickly as possible to a set of three letters, while disregarding other letters that appear
Your mother is getting frustrated because she keeps ____.
a. pushing the button on the controller for the wrong letters
b. getting beat by you even though she is correct in her responding
c. forgetting which button to push
d. falling asleep because she thinks the game is boring
Answer: A
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