Question

Because Maria is so strongly committed to a fat-free diet, she did not see a recent story in online New York Times suggesting that some fat in one’s diet is healthy – and the story was staring her in the face as she looked at an online photo of a—gasp-- Kardashian! The reason Maria did not see it is most likely the result of

a) selective comprehension

b) selective exposure

c) selective revaluation

d) stimulus discrimination

e) selective intensity

Answer 1

Solution:

Option B

Selective Exposure is the scenario where we pay more attention to the piece of information that strengthens our pre existing beliefs about a particular aspect and we neglect the contradictory information. This is exactly what is happening in the scenario stated above. Hence, this is a case of selective exposure.

HEnce, option b is correct.