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QuizMultiple Choice

Components of Perception

Question 1 • Psychology A

One’s ability to focus on a specific stimulus among many in the environment is called ___________.

Answer
A
bottom-up processing
B
selective attention
C
inattentional blindness
D
top-down processing

Explanation

Selective attention is the ability to focus on one particular stimulus while filtering out other information in the environment. Bottom-up and top-down processing describe ways information is processed, while inattentional blindness is failing to notice something unexpected because attention is elsewhere.

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