Question

Eight-year-old Molly is able to listen to her teacher and concentrate on what she is saying even when her friends are talking around her. Molly can do this because of an improvement in _________.

Answer 1

Eight-year-old Molly is able to listen to her teacher and concentrate on what she is saying even when her friends are talking around her. Molly can do this because of an improvement in Selective Attention

Step-by-step explanation:

Selective attention refers to paying attention on a particular object/ focusing your complete attention on a particular thing.It is through the process of Selective attention that we can eliminate unimportant details /factors and focus on what is really important.

For Example:Let us consider that a class is going on and some student are making noise outside the classroom ,a student who is said to be Selectively attentive will just focus on what is being taught in the class and will not be disturbed by the noise coming from outside the classroom.

Selective attention can be said to be the focus on relevant targets.

Answer 2

Eight-year-old Molly is able to listen to her teacher and concentrate on what she is saying even when her friends are talking around her. Molly can do this because of an improvement in selective attention.

Step-by-step explanation:

A focus that is held on certain objects and then rejecting the irrelevant information from it refers to selective attention. Only the necessary and the relevant information will be given importance. It is the ability of a person to listen something and simultaneously ignoring the irrelevant information that is also occurring at the same time.

This can take place in our daily routine. In the given scenario, Molly has the ability in listening to her teacher and pay her attention in what she says. She also has the ability of ignoring the irrelevant information when her friends were also talking simultaneously. Thus, she has the improvement in selective attention.