In selective attention studies using either auditory or visual stimuli, people seem

particularly sensitive to

a. dramatic interruptions.
b. the gender of voices or handwriting.
c. their names, spoken or written.
d. the name of the city in which they reside.
e. their telephone number, spoken or written.

c. their names, spoken or written.

Psychology

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In a classic study of eyewitness accounts and leading questions, people were shown short films showing car collisions

How did the wording of the questions about the accidents influence participants' estimates of the speed the cars were traveling at the time of the collision? What will be an ideal response?

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