People cannot focus on all of the stimuli that surround them each day. A person's tendency to screen out most of the information is called ________.
A) subliminal retention
B) selective distortion
C) cognitive dissonance
D) selective attention
E) cognitive inertia

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Selective attention is the tendency of individuals to limit their perception and focus on selected stimuli out of all the available stimuli. This is due to the cognitive overload that individuals experience if they were to process all the stimuli around them.

People Cannot Focus on All of the Stimuli That Surround