People forget much that they learn.They tend to retain information that supports their attitudes and beliefs.This is called .
A)selective attitude
B)perceptual vigilance
C)selective distortion
D)selective attention
E)selective retention

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Selective retention refers to the tendency of individuals to remember information that supports their attitudes and beliefs, while forgetting information that does not. This is why people may have differing recollections of the same event, based on their personal biases and perspectives.

People Forget Much That They Learn