Question

When sitting in class, Valeria notices her classmate chewing on his pencil, the sound of footsteps walking down the hallway outside the classroom door, and the tapping of a woodpecker on a tree outside. Which of the following would help Valeria focus on the teacher? (5 points)
Subliminal perception
Selective attention
Schema
Perceptual set
Bottom-up processing

Answer 1

Answer: Selective attention

Explanation:

Selective attention the name given to the technique used by people where they ignore certain stimuli around them and instead give attention to other stimuli.

It is an important technique because with so many things happening around us, it is important that we can block out some so that we may process the relevant ones as we cannot process all of them.

With selective attention, Valarie can ignore the footsteps, the woodpecker and even her classmate and focus on the teacher.