The Tendency for People to Screen Out Most of the Information

question 44

Multiple Choice

The tendency for people to screen out most of the information to which they are exposed is known as:

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

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