While talking on the phone with your friend, you are confronted with competing stimuli including the sounds of the television and your brother and sister playing a game in the living room. You choose the sound of your friend's voice over those other sounds. This process is referred to as
A) selecting.
B) attending.
C) hearing.
D) understanding.

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Selecting refers to the process of choosing which stimuli to focus on among the competing stimuli in the environment. In this scenario, you are selecting your friend's voice over other sounds.

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