Miller and Weiss's cross-sectional experiment with children of ages seven, 10, and 13 assessed selective attention. When the oldest children recalled fewer irrelevant details from the scenes, this result showed that
a. less effort was expended by the oldest group.
b. the younger children were more intelligent.
c. gender mattered, with older girls delaying performance.
d. older children were better able to ignore irrelevant details.
D
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Which of the following is the best summary of research on automatic goal pursuit?
a. People can only select which goals to work toward using controlled thinking. b. People often pursue goals that have been recently primed, without realizing that that is why they are pursuing the goal. c. People often pursue goals that have been recently primed, but only if they are consciously aware that the goal has been primed. d. People never choose their goals consciously; they only pursue automatically primed goals.