Amanda Stuart, a New Bedford College instructor, reads the campus newspaper every week. Even though she read the paper last week, she did not recall the article about how the computer technicians were shutting down the network for 24 hours starting Wednesday at midnight. This is most likely an example of:
A) selective adaptation.
B) selective action.
C) selective distortion.
D) selective retention.
E) selective memorization.

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Selective retention explains why Amanda did not remember the article; it refers to the tendency to remember information that is personally relevant or interesting and forget information that is not.

Amanda Stuart, a New Bedford College Instructor, Reads the Campus