Question

While participating in a Sona study, Mavis is asked to shadow an auditory recording being played in her left ear and ignore a recording simultaneously being played in her right ear. Mavis is LEAST likely to: A. Recognize the words being presented in the right ear. B. Recall the content of the auditory recording in the right ear. C. Comprehend the content of the auditory recording in the left ear. D. Identify the voice or speaker in the auditory recording in the right ear.

Answer 1

Mavis is LEAST likely to recall the content of the auditory recording in her right ear during a dichotic listening task because her attention is focused on the recording in her left ear, making it difficult to process and remember the content from the unattended ear.

Step-by-step explanation:

While participating in a Sona study, Mavis is tasked with a dichotic listening exercise where she is to shadow an auditory recording in her left ear and ignore the recording in her right ear. In such a scenario, Mavis is LEAST likely to recall the content of the auditory recording in the right ear. This is because when attention is focused on shadowing a message in one ear, the ability to process and recall the content in the unattended ear diminishes. While it's possible for Mavis to recognize some words and even identify the speaker's voice in the unattended ear due to the unselected information 'leaking' through, actual recall of the content requires attentive processing, which is directed towards the content in the left ear in this case.

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