You go into your son's room,
only to be met with a combination of smells, including day-old pizza, wet towels, and gym shoes. Your son seems unconcerned with the putrid odors. When you ask how he can stand the stench of his "pig sty," he replies that he does not smell anything because of . (Well, at least he's listening in psychology class.)
a. sensory adaptation
b. sensory gating
c. sensory conflict
d. selective attention
ANSWER: a
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a. top-down processing. b. bottom-up processing. c. data-driven processing. d. phonemic restoration.
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