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ESTION 2 We know that focused attention is necessary to perform many tasks succe

ID: 3448451 • Letter: E

Question

ESTION 2 We know that focused attention is necessary to perform many tasks successfully. Knowing what you know about focused attention, a company approaches you to design a decision support tool that will facilitate sustaining attention for long periods of time on only the most critical pieces of information. Which of the following responses would be the worst, most inaccurate response to give to the company (who, by the way, has big bucks to pay you for your expertise)? a. No problem. Any design that sustains attention for extremely long periods of time on a small group of stimuli within the task environment is exactly what we aim to do in human information processing! b. This is not likely to work. Too much focused attention can cause performance decrements. c. Thanks, but this is too easy. Attention research is outdated and all questions have been answered scientifically. Find a high school student to do your research. d. All of these statements are responsible, ethical statements and accep

Explanation / Answer

The correct answer is Option A. Perhaps this is the most inaccurate response to give because it paints a false picture of the overall goals of the discipline.