People Cannot Focus on All of the Stimuli That Surround

question 167

Short Answer

People cannot focus on all of the stimuli that surround them each day.A person's tendency to screen out most of the information to which he or she is exposed is called ________.
selective retention
selective distortion
selective attitude
selective attention
selective perception

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Definitions:

Classification

The systematic arrangement of living organisms into hierarchical groups based on their characteristics and evolutionary history.

Taxonomy

The science of classifying organisms based on their characteristics, forming a structured hierarchy that includes groups like species and genus.

Classifying Organisms

The scientific task of organizing and categorizing biological organisms into a hierarchical system such as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species based on their similarities and differences.

Naming

The act or process of assigning a name to someone or something, which is fundamental in all forms of classification and identification.