Selective Perception Means

question 23

Multiple Choice

Selective perception means

• A) that to understand aging, we need to select the pertinent facts.
• B) we see what we expect to see and selectively ignore what we do not expect.
• C) we all have optical illusions that increase as we age.
• D) as we age, we tend to select activities that are pleasant and ignore those that are not.

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