The Fact That We Tend to Pay Particular Attention to Information

question 41

Multiple Choice

The fact that we tend to pay particular attention to information that supports our attitudes and to direct our attention away from information that is contrary to our attitudes is known as ________.

• A)selective exposure
• B)subliminal conditioning
• C)reactance
• D)more-is-less effect
• E)less-is-more effect

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Definitions:

Protoimperative

The use of gestures or vocalizations by infants to express needs or desires.

Cooperative Principle

A principle in pragmatics introduced by H.P. Grice, suggesting that participants in a conversation naturally cooperate with each other by making their contributions as informative, relevant, and truthful as needed.

Recursion

A method in mathematics and computer science where a function calls itself in order to solve a problem or process data.

Two-Word Utterances

A stage in language development where children start using two-word phrases to communicate more complex ideas, typically occurring around the age of 2.