People Tend to Interpret New Information in a Way That

question 24

Multiple Choice

People tend to interpret new information in a way that will support what they already believe.This is called .

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

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that models the number of times an event occurs in a fixed interval of time or space when these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Nuclear Power Plant

A facility that uses nuclear reactions to generate heat, which is then used to produce electricity.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, often expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Poisson Random Variable

A type of discrete random variable that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space.