Because Marla Is So Strongly Committed to a Fat-Free Diet

question 52

Multiple Choice

Because Marla is so strongly committed to a fat-free diet, she did not see a recent report by the New England Journal of Medicine that suggested that some fat in our diet is healthy. The report was contained in the newspaper that Marla reads daily, but the reason Marla did not see it is probably the result of:

• A)selective comprehension.
• B)selective perception.
• C)selective exposure.
• D)selective retention.

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