Driving in Spain, You Quickly Learn That a Yellow Box

Essay

Driving in Spain, you quickly learn that a yellow box on the roadside indicates that radar equipment and a camera are ahead and that a green box on the roadside indicates that radar and a camera can be expected only about half the time. Upon crossing the border into France, you see both a yellow and green box on the side of the road, and you stare at the yellow box while you slow down. This time, no radar equipment appears, but a police car is sitting on the road ahead. Therefore, in France a green box leads you predict the police car more than a yellow box does. This overall pattern of behavior in the new country is consistent with which theory of attention? Justify your answer.