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Selective perception

Selective perception is the tendency to not notice and more quickly forget stimuli that cause emotional discomfort and contradict prior beliefs. For example, a teacher may have a favorite student because they are biased by in-group favoritism. The teacher ignores the student's poor attainment. Conversely, they might not notice the progress of their least…

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Gestalt psychologyLeon Festinger
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Hostile media effectPrincetonDartmouthAmerican football
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Cognitive biasesPsychologyPerception
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Selective perception

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related to history · 11
Selective perception → Around, Cantril, Festinger, Festinger's, Gestalt, Hastorf, Leon Festinger, Princeton-Dartmouth, The, This, UFO
related to Relevant studies · 11
Selective perception → Accounting, Castengo Steel Company, Dearborn, In, Miscellaneous, Production, Sales, Simon, The, These, To
related to Advertising · 6
Selective perception → Advertising, People, Selective, Seymour Smith, They, This
related to Definition · 3
Selective perception → Human, One, Selective
related to Types · 3
Selective perception → Low, Perceptual, Selective
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Selective perception → tendency to not notice and more quickly forget stimuli that cause emotional discomfort and contradict prior beliefs

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Selective perceptionrelated to AdvertisingSelective0.60section
Selective perceptionrelated to AdvertisingSeymour Smith0.60section
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Selective perceptionrelated to AdvertisingAdvertising0.60section
Selective perceptionrelated to DefinitionSelective0.60section
Selective perceptionrelated to DefinitionHuman0.60section
Selective perceptionrelated to DefinitionOne0.60section
Selective perceptionrelated to historyThe0.60section
Selective perceptionrelated to historyGestalt0.60section

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