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_____ is the capacity to selectively focus your senses on particular stimuli or aspects of the environment.

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This is the concept of attention. While a person cannot focus and perceive or understand everything in the environment (this would lead to constant overload), a person can attend to certain stimuli, given that they are able to focus and devote specific mental energy to that stimulus.
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