A medical student hopes to be a surgeon.Observing an operation,she focuses her attention on the way her teacher is holding the scalpel and the angle between the blade and the skin.What type of attentional focus is being described?
A)goal-directed selection.
B)stimulus-driven capture.
C)invariant perception.
D)unconscious inference.

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The description of the medical student's attentional focus on the specific details of how her teacher is holding the scalpel and the angle between the blade and the skin suggests a conscious and goal-directed selection of information relevant to her future career as a surgeon.

A Medical Student Hopes to Be a Surgeon