Mae was asked to solve the following problem: Pretend that you are a bus driver.You begin the day with an empty bus.At your first stop, you let on 10 passengers.At your second stop, 4 people get off the bus, and 12 people get on.At your third stop, 8 people get off the bus, and 2 people get on.At your fourth stop, nobody gets off the bus, and 1 person gets on.How old is the bus driver? According to Sternberg and Davidson, if Mae just adds the numbers without focusing on the relevant part of this problem, he or she is showing a lack of
A)selective attention.
B)selective encoding.
C)selective comparison.
D)selective combination.

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Mae is showing a lack of selective encoding, which refers to the ability to focus on and remember relevant information while ignoring irrelevant details. In this problem, the relevant information is the number of passengers getting on and off at each stop, but Mae may be distracted by the mention of the bus driver's age or other details not relevant to solving the problem.

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