Selective perception means
a. that to understand aging, we need to select the pertinent facts.
b. we see what we expect to see and selectively ignore what we do not expect.
c. we all have optical illusions that increase as we age.
d. as we age, we tend to select activities that are pleasant and ignore those that are not.
ANSWER: b
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