Question

identifying the central idea — quiz — level f as the colors she used to redecorate her kitchen and her recent vacation. one group wrote down the names on plain paper. the other group used a page with shapes on it and were asked to shade in the shapes while writing down the names that were said. after the participants turned in their papers, they were then asked to recall the names they wrote down, as well as the names of a few places that the speaker also mentioned in the message. surprisingly, the people who doodled recalled 29 percent more information than those who didn’t. that’s right—doodlers performed better on a memory test than non - doodlers! based on the outcome of this test, andrade concluded that doodling may help prevent daydreaming. making simple marks kept the minds of the study participants occupied enough to prevent them from ignoring the boring phone message completely. in other words, doodling helped them stay focused. how did professor andrade test whether people who doodle are actually paying attention? by asking two groups of people to share their thoughts about a boring phone call by asking some people to have a long conversation while writing notes by asking some people to look at colorful pictures made on plain paper by asking two groups of people to do different tasks while listening to a message

Explanation:

The text describes a study where one group wrote down names on plain paper and another group shaded shapes while writing down names. Then they were asked to recall the names. This involves two groups doing different tasks (writing names vs. shading shapes + writing names) while listening to a message (implied by the recall of names and places the speaker mentioned). So the correct option is the one about asking two groups to do different tasks while listening to a message.

Answer:

A. By asking two groups of people to do different tasks while listening to a message