Broadbent believes that our attention is selective because
A) we want to make as little effort as possible.
B) not all information is important to us and so we filter out the unimportant and leave only the essential.
C) the brain mechanism involved in consciousness have a limited capacity.
D) because the human mind tends to avoid information that is threatening to the self.
E) the environment contains more information than any processor could possibly absorb.

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The Answer of Broadbent believes that our attention is selective because
A) we want to make as little effort as possible.
B) not all information is important to us and so we filter out the unimportant and leave only the essential.
C) the brain mechanism involved in consciousness have a limited capacity.
D) because the human mind tends to avoid information that is threatening to the self.
E) the environment contains more information than any processor could possibly absorb.

Broadbent Believes That Our Attention Is Selective Because