When listeners avoid arguments and evidence that challenge what they already believe by putting

conflicting ideas into separate mental boxes, they are using a resistance strategy known as

A) denial.
B) belittling the source.
C) selective listening.
D) selective perception.
E) compartmentalization.


E

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