3 Divided Attention Online Quiz Questions

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The second task will always become faster because the first task is demanding.

The demanding task may leave less capacity available for the other task.

The two tasks cannot interfere unless they use the same sensory modality.

The tasks will no longer count as dual-task performance.

It is necessarily single-task performance because the person can focus on only one task at a time.

It is dual-task performance because the two tasks overlap in time.

It is rapid task switching, since tasks that overlap cannot be studied together.

It is automaticity, because walking and mental arithmetic are both familiar activities.

Competition during perceptual processing

Competition at a central processing stage

Competition during response execution

The physical distance between the tasks

The fact that a person notices both tasks

Both tasks demand the same processing operation at nearly the same time.

One of the tasks becomes more demanding and leaves less capacity for the other.

The tasks use different sensory modalities, which guarantees that they cannot interfere.

The person has practiced one task, which eliminates every possible dual-task cost.

The tasks rely on similar perceptual, decision, memory, or response processes.

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Both tasks must improve equally because attention is shared.

The lower-priority task cannot be affected if the person follows instructions.

The emphasized task may be protected while performance on the other task worsens.

The instruction guarantees that the tasks no longer compete.

Measure only the task that the participant considers most important during the paired condition.

Compare each task performed alone with its performance when paired, and assess both tasks in both conditions.

Measure both tasks only during the paired condition, since single-task baselines are unnecessary.

Compare the two tasks with each other during the paired condition without measuring either one alone.

The tasks necessarily overlap, so attention processes both at once.

Attention disengages from one task and re-engages with the other.

One task stops requiring any attention once the other begins.

The tasks use separate sensory modalities, so they cannot interfere.

The amount of time spent practicing a task pair

The priority assigned to one task over another

The change in performance from doing a task alone to doing it alongside another task

The difference between two tasks that use separate sensory modalities

Measure both tasks alone and again during dual-task performance.

Measure only the task the participant considers most important.

Measure only the task that uses the less familiar response.

Measure the preferred task during dual-tasking and the other task alone.

The first response becomes faster as the signals arrive closer together.

The second response is unaffected by the interval between signals.

Both responses are delayed equally, regardless of when the signals arrive.

The second response is usually delayed more when the signals arrive closer together.

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