Reflective - rephrasing or summarizing...
active - is paying attention to...
empathizing - is feeling what other person feels
encouraging - is giving signals....
clarifying - is asking the other person questions...
Answer:
Selective attention
Explanation:
Cognitive functioning may be defined as the the human's ability to processing the thoughts and these thoughts should not deplete in the healthy individuals. Cognitive functioning has valuable aspects.
The important aspect of cognitive functioning is selective attention. Selective attention is the ability to ignore the irrelevant and and pay attention on relevant information only.
Thus, the answer is selective attention.