Consumers Need to Protect Themselves from Being Bombarded with Stimuli

question 9

Multiple Choice

Consumers need to protect themselves from being bombarded with stimuli by simply tuning out such stimuli from their conscious awareness. This is known as ________.

• A) selective attention
• B) selective exposure
• C) perceptual defense
• D) perceptual blocking
• E) perceptual differentiation

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