Filter Theory Helps Explain All of the Following Memory Phenomena

question 47

Multiple Choice

Filter theory helps explain all of the following memory phenomena EXCEPT

• A) how we are "blind" to large changes in what happens around us.
• B) how we selectively attend to important information.
• C) why we tend to process personally irrelevant information.
• D) the ability to shadow words heard in one ear.

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Definitions:

Slate of Electors

A group of individuals chosen in each state who are responsible for formally casting votes for the president and vice president in a U.S. presidential election.

Plurality of Votes

A voting outcome in which the candidate or proposition with the most votes wins, but does not necessarily receive an absolute majority of all votes.

Majority of Votes

More than half of the votes cast in an election or other decision-making process.

Presidential Primary

A presidential primary is a preliminary election where voters select candidates to be nominated by their party for the presidency.