On Your Way to School or Work Today, You Passed

question 49

Multiple Choice

On your way to school or work today, you passed by many billboards and there likely were many advertisements on the radio, but you only saw or heard a few of them. In terms of selective perception, which of the following does this represent?

• A) selective exposure
• B) selective reaction
• C) selective processing
• D) selective assimilation

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Definitions:

Metabolic Reaction

Biochemical processes that occur within living organisms to maintain life, including breaking down substances for energy and constructing new substances.

Chemical Work

The energy required to drive chemical reactions necessary for cellular processes.

Building a Protein

The process of translating mRNA into a polypeptide chain, which then folds into a functional protein.

Enzymes

Biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms without being consumed in the process.