During a break from his job as a waiter,Barnardo begins to read Hamlet and is so engrossed in the play that he fails to notice the clattering of dishes all around him.This is an example of:
A)feature detection.
B)absolute threshold.
C)sensory deprivation.
D)selective attention.

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Barnardo's focused attention on reading Hamlet and disregard for the clattering dishes around him suggests that he is selectively attending to the play and filtering out other stimuli. Therefore, the best choice is D, selective attention.

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