Because Marla is so strongly committed to a fat-free diet, she did not see a recent report by the New England Journal of Medicine that suggested that some fat in our diet is healthy. The report was contained in the newspaper that Marla reads daily, but the reason Marla did not see it is probably the result of:
A)selective comprehension.
B)selective perception.
C)selective exposure.
D)selective retention.

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Selective exposure refers to the tendency to seek out information that confirms one's beliefs, and avoid information that contradicts them. In this case, Marla's strong commitment to a fat-free diet led her to unconsciously avoid the information about the benefits of some kinds of fat in her newspaper, even though it was there.

Because Marla Is So Strongly Committed to a Fat-Free Diet