Our tendency to only subject ourselves to messages that are consistent with what we already believe is called
A) selective exposure.
B) selective attention.
C) selective interpretation.
D) selective recall.
E) selective organization.

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Selective exposure is the tendency to expose oneself only to information that is consistent with one's existing beliefs and attitudes. This can lead to a reinforcement of pre-existing ideas and an avoidance of alternative perspectives. The other options (selective attention, interpretation, recall, and organization) all relate to different aspects of how we process information, but do not specifically refer to the selective reception of information based on pre-existing beliefs.

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