Your friend wants a suggestion for an experiment measuring selective attention. You recommend
A) having participants find the blue shape amid different red shapes and timing how long it takes to name the shape
B) having participants listen to a recording that plays his voice out of one side of a headphone set and your voice out of the other, and to repeat what they hear
C) having participants view a series of numbers presented briefly on the screen, and rehearse them mentally in order to write them down
D) having participants try and recall their second birthday and describe the emotions they felt

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Selective attention involves focusing on one particular stimulus while ignoring others. Option B requires participants to focus on one voice while ignoring another, which is a classic selective attention task.

Your Friend Wants a Suggestion for an Experiment Measuring Selective