After Buying a Mini Cooper, Kate Began Paying More Attention

question 12

Multiple Choice

After buying a Mini Cooper, Kate began paying more attention to advertisements for Mini and spent more time on websites reading about how much Mini drivers love their cars because she was sympathetic to these messages and found them pleasant. This is an example of ________.

• A) selective attention
• B) selective exposure
• C) perceptual defense
• D) perceptual blocking
• E) perceptual organization

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Definitions:

Vocal Critic

An individual who frequently expresses out loud their disapproval or criticism of something.

Macro-Level

Related to or involving large-scale or broad phenomena, typically used in sociology to refer to the analysis of social systems and structures at a large scale.

State of Becoming

A condition or phase characterized by continuous change or the process of transformation.

Social Facts

A concept introduced by Émile Durkheim to describe the external social structures, norms, and values that exert control over individual behavior.