Discuss ways we can prevent selectivity from biasing our perceptions

What will be an ideal response?


We can avoid selective attention by paying attention to the entire message.
Similarly, we can prevent selective perception by paying attention to information that
contradicts what we want to see, hear, or believe about a person or situation.

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