Which of the Following Was Discussed as an Advantage of Selective

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following was discussed as an advantage of selective attention?

• A)Selective attention allows us not to be overwhelmed by the millions of sensory messages that are being processed by our nervous system.
• B)Selective attention determines the sensitivity of various sensory receptor neurons.
• C)Selective attention allows us to completely attend to multiple stimuli simultaneously.
• D)Selective attention prevents us from attending to potentially unimportant stimuli once we have filtered them out of attention.

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