People Cannot Focus on All of the Stimuli That Surround

question 79

Multiple Choice

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 is exposed is called ________.

• A) selective retention
• B) selective distortion
• C) selective attitude
• D) selective attention
• E) selective perception

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