__________ attention is the ability to focus on relevant information while screening out information that is irrelevant.
A. Selective
B. Divided
C. Inattentive
D. Lateralized
Answer: A
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a. use facial cues to identify basic emotions. b. experience autonomic arousal. c. categorize specific emotions. d. use cognitive appraisal of a situation to determine which emotion is being experienced.
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Fill in the blank with correct word
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a. selective perception c. overgeneralization b. magnification d. absolutist thinking
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a. humanism b. Gestalt c. functionalism d. behaviorism