The ability to pay attention to, or carry out, two or more different tasks simultaneously is known as
A) divided attention.
B) dual attention.
C) divergent tasking.
D) selective attention.

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Divided attention is the ability to allocate cognitive resources to more than one task simultaneously. Dual attention and divergent tasking do not accurately describe this ability, and selective attention refers to the ability to focus on one task and selectively ignore others.

The Ability to Pay Attention To, or Carry Out, Two