Elijah goes into the library to find his friend Aimee who went there to study. He walks through the library until he sees her and then sits down beside her. Later Elijah's friend Marvin comes over and says, "Hey, man, why did you ignore me when you walked right past me a minute ago?" Elijah shakes his head, not knowing why he didn't see Marvin. Elijah's failure to see Martin when he was focusing
on finding Aimee is an example of
A) noise.
B) selective perception.
C) insular listening.
D) biased perception.
E) assimilation.
B
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