The tendency of people to see their environment only as it affects them and as it is consistent with their expectations is called:
A)social identification.
B)selective perception.
C)availability bias.
D)environmental bias.
E)thin-slicing.

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Selective perception is the tendency of people to see and interpret their environment based on their own motivations, interests, and expectations. This leads them to "select" only certain aspects of the environment to pay attention to, while ignoring others.

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