About How Many Undocumented Immigrants Are There Now Residing in the U.S

question 10

Multiple Choice

About how many undocumented immigrants are there now residing in the U.S.?

• A) 11.2 million
• B) 6.1 million
• C) 4.6 million
• D) 15.2 million
• E) 20.8 million

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Definitions:

Selective Attention

The process by which a person focuses on one or a few sensory inputs while ignoring other stimuli.

Perceptual Set

A tendency to perceive or notice some aspects of the available sensory data and ignore others, influenced by expectations, emotions, and culture.

Expectancy Effect

The phenomenon where a researcher's expectations influence the outcome of a study.

Müller-Lyer Effect

A visual illusion in which two lines of the same length appear to be of different lengths due to the orientation of arrow-like figures at their ends.