__________ refers to focusing one's consciousness on a particular stimulus

A) Countertransference
B) Selective attention
C) Repression
D) Cognitive dissonance
E) Select


Answer: B) Selective attention

Psychology

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A. Schema therapy B. Transference focussed therapy C. Therapeutic communities D. Dialectical behaviour therapy

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A. One-quarter B. One half C. Two-thirds D. Three-quarters

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A) vegetative sounds. B) cooing. C) echolalia. D) true babbling.

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