What is the difference between selective attention and divided attention?

Selective attention involves listening to someone talking but pretending you are focusing on something else and divided attention involves pretending you are listening to someone talking when you are really focusing on something else.
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Selective attention involves selecting several things to focus on at once, and divided attention involves selecting only two things to focus on and evenly dividing your attention between them.
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Selective attention involves focusing on two things at once and divided attention involves focusing on one thing at a time.
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Selective attention involves focusing on one thing at a time, and divided attention involves focusing on two things at once.
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Selective attention involves focusing on one thing at a time, and divided attention involves focusing on two things at once.

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