The process of selecting one stimulus or task to focus on and ignoring or minimizing others is called ____________.
A) selective perception
B) selective attention
C) perceptual set
D) selective processing

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Selective attention is the process of selecting one stimulus or task to focus on and ignoring or minimizing others. Selective perception refers to the tendency to filter our perceptions of reality through our personal biases and expectations. Perceptual set is the tendency to perceive things in a certain way based on previous experience and expectations. Selective processing is not a commonly used term in psychology.

The Process of Selecting One Stimulus or Task to Focus