Question

While you are driving home, the car in front of you starts driving dangerously, so you concentrate on watching it. When you arrive home, you realize that you cannot remember anything from your drive home other than that car. Which of the following statements best illustrates the reason your memory is created this way?

A. that is very complex.
B. that exceeds the capacity of sensory storage.
C. that has two or more visual features.
D. to which we do not pay attention.

Answer 1

D. To which we do not pay attention

Step-by-step explanation:

To which we do not pay attention occur when an individual does not fully pay attention or fully concentrate on the activity he/she is doing. This can occur if the person is been distracted.

According to the scenario the person could not remember anything when he get home other than the car in from of him because he did not focus his attention on any other thing. His attention was fully focused on the driver in front of him driving dangerously.

Therefore the reason the person memory was created that way was because he did not pay attention to other things around him other than the car in his front while he was driving.

Answer 2

D. to which we do not pay attention.

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that this is mainly due to the fact that individuals tend to not remember facts that they do not pay any attention to. This is because all of the individuals senses are gathering and storing information of everything that you are focusing on and blocking out everything else so that the focuses information is completely stored.