Phillip is studying for his licensing exam at night and is annoyed by the sound of his neighbor's dog barking next door. Philip is engaged in what process?
A) selective attention
B) selective perception
C) selective exposure
D) selective memory

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Selective attention is the process by which a person focuses on one or a few sensory inputs while ignoring the other stimuli. In this scenario, Phillip is trying to concentrate on his studies and is specifically annoyed by the dog's barking, indicating he is selectively attending to this particular sound over others.

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