The Process We Use to Notice Important Stimuli and Ignore

question 153

Multiple Choice

The process we use to notice important stimuli and ignore irrelevant ones is ________.

• A) encoding
• B) attention
• C) masking
• D) chunking

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Definitions:

Flashback

A psychological phenomenon where an individual vividly relives past experiences, often traumatic, outside of their control.

Loud Noise

A sound that is usually undesirably high in volume, potentially causing disturbance or harm.

Sympathetic Nervous System

A part of the autonomic nervous system that mobilizes the body's fight-or-flight response, regulating heart rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate among other functions.

Autonomic Nervous System

The part of the nervous system responsible for control of the bodily functions not consciously directed, such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes.