Which of the following scenarios would be most likely to occur if participants are tested with the dichotic listening task?
A)
Individuals report hearing a female speaker in the unattended channel but cannot recall the phrase that they were repeating.
B)
Information in the unattended channel with relevance to a task that has to be completed often has no effect on the individual being tested, but it is typically recollected if presented in the attended channel.
C)
Individuals are able to explicitly recall phrases from both channels if tested with an implicit memory task.
D)
Due to interference between the attended and unattended channels, participants are often only able to recall the general message or idea of the unattended channel.
Answer: A