When you first learn to drive a car,you may have had to think about every step in the driving process.Now,after driving for five years,you find that you are usually able to drive without thinking about it.Initially driving required ___ processing,now it requires ___ processing.
A) effortful; automatic
B) automatic; effortful
C) effortful; effortful
D) automatic; automatic

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When you are first learning to drive a car, it requires effortful processing because you have to pay close attention to every step in the driving process. However, as you become more experienced, driving becomes more automatic and requires less conscious effort. Therefore, initially driving requires effortful processing, and after five years of driving, it requires automatic processing.

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