When talking about a stage play that both Suzy and Darla attended, Suzy tells about how she enjoyed the timely dialogues of the play and carefully observed the expressions of each of the actors and how beautifully they portrayed varying emotions. Darla, on the other hand, talks about how she was mesmerized by the background music playing and listened intently at the change in the notes as the scene on the stage changed. This difference in remembering the same event differently is due to ________.

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This difference is due to selective attention, where each person focused on and remembered different aspects of the same event based on what was most important or interesting to them at the time.

When Talking About a Stage Play That Both Suzy and Darla