While waiting for his wife to get ready to go out, Marcus picks up one of her interior design magazines and skims through the pages.Six ads in the magazine are for flooring and carpeting, but he and his wife don't need new flooring or carpeting, and he barely glances at these ads.This is an example of:

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This scenario describes selective attention, where Marcus only pays attention to the ads that are relevant to his needs and ignores the ones that are not.

While Waiting for His Wife to Get Ready to Go