Filter theory helps explain all of the following memory phenomena EXCEPT
A) how we are "blind" to large changes in what happens around us.
B) how we selectively attend to important information.
C) why we tend to process personally irrelevant information.
D) the ability to shadow words heard in one ear.

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Filter theory primarily explains how we selectively attend to important information and ignore irrelevant stimuli. It does not explain why we might process personally irrelevant information, as this would contradict the theory's main premise of filtering out unimportant data.

Filter Theory Helps Explain All of the Following Memory Phenomena