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Your ability to focus on a TV show while ignoring the noise of your partner nagging about supper illustrates :

  • A.synesthesia
  • B.selective attention
  • C.sensory attention
  • D.sensory adaptation

Answer: B

This illustrates selective attention.

Selective attention is focusing on one source of information while ignoring others that are also present, like following a TV programme while tuning out a partner's complaints.

Synesthesia is a blending of senses, such as seeing colours when hearing sounds. Sensory adaptation is the decline in sensitivity to a constant, unchanging stimulus, such as no longer noticing a ticking clock; nagging is neither constant nor ignored because of adaptation. 'Sensory attention' is not a standard term.

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