2). Give a personal example where you have had selective attention. Why do you think that is? Is there a way you were able to overcome it?

Selective attention? That's a super easy topic for me to talk about. I'm sure most of you have selective attention when it comes to your parents. I personally have selective attention because I get annoyed of impossible consequences that my mom tells me. “Oh, you didn't get the Chinese newspaper for me?!?! HMPH WELL YOU'RE NOT MY SON AND YOU'RE A BAD KID WHEN YOU GO TO SCHOOL!” I personally choose to have selective attention in these cases just so I can avoid making myself angry about the situations. With my style of selective attention my mom's words would be translated to “Oh, you didn't get the Chinese newspaper for me?!?! HMPH WELL YOU'RE MY SON AND YOU GO TO SCHOOL!” The reason why I have selective attention around my mom is only because she is negative about 90% of the time. Its better for my psyche for me to just not listen to her because if I did I would go crazy from all the anger.