A student who is taking a course in educational psychology for the first time scans through the information-processing theory chapter and notes the word metacognition, which is unfamiliar. This student's selective focusing on the term metacognition is known as
A) retrieval.
B) elaborative rehearsal.
C) attention.
D) discriminant encoding.

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Selective focusing on specific information, such as the term "metacognition" in this context, is an example of attention. Attention is the cognitive process of selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things.

A Student Who Is Taking a Course in Educational Psychology