Stacey's is concentrating on reading a section of her psychology text in preparation for an exam tomorrow morning.This focusing of conscious awareness is referred to as
A) blindsight.
B) dual processing.
C) change blindness.
D) selective attention.

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Selective attention is the ability to focus on a particular stimulus while ignoring other stimuli. In this case, Stacey is concentrating on reading her psychology text, which requires selective attention. The other options are not relevant in this scenario - blindsight refers to the ability to respond to visual stimuli without conscious awareness, dual processing refers to the idea that we have both conscious and unconscious processes in our mind, and change blindness refers to our tendency to overlook changes in our environment when we are not paying close attention.

Stacey's Is Concentrating on Reading a Section of Her Psychology