People cannot focus on all of the stimuli that surround them each day. A person's tendency to screen out most of the information to which he is exposed is called ________.
A) subliminal retention
B) selective distortion
C) cognitive dissonance
D) selective attention
E) cognitive inertia

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Selective attention refers to a person's ability to focus on certain stimuli and ignore others. This helps people to filter out the massive amount of information they are exposed to each day and pay attention only to what is most relevant or interesting to them.

People Cannot Focus on All of the Stimuli That Surround