Rachel Finished Her Oral Exam in Her Spanish Class and Her

question 4

Multiple Choice

Rachel finished her oral exam in her Spanish class and her teacher, Señora Lopez, evaluated her performance. Although Rachel did well on the exam and most of Señora Lopez's comments were positive, Rachel focused only on the negative critiques and felt very bad about her performance. Rachel just engaged in which of the following behaviors?

• A) pseudolistening
• B) task-oriented listening
• C) selective attention
• D) negative attention bias

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