Charlie purchased a ford mustang automobile to drive to his new job downtown. afterward, he begins to notice ads in the sports section of his local newspaper for mustangs at ford dealers that he wasn't aware of previously. this is an example of:
a) subliminal perception.
b) selective retention.
c) visual acuity.
d) selective exposure.
e) selective comprehension.

d) selective exposure

Explanation:

Selective exposure is when a person only pays attention to information that is similar to his beliefs and attitudes.

For example if I am thirsty I will quickly notice an advertisement of drinks or notice a soda in a restaurant. However if I just finished drinking and am not thirsty I will not notice this information.

Charlie is noticing the advertisement Mustangs because he just bought a Ford Mustang.

b) selective retention.  

Explanation:

Charlie purchased a ford mustang automobile to drive to his new job downtown. afterward, he begins to notice ads in the sports section of his local newspaper for mustangs at ford dealers that he wasn't aware of previously. this is an example of selective retention.  

Selective retention has been defined as a bias which happens when people tend to remember more the things that are closely related to their interests, values, and beliefs than those that are contrary to their values and beliefs.

Charlie may have been seeing such adverts on the newspapers but it never caught his attention because he was not interested in them back then, but now that he owns a ford mustang, ads related to ford mustangs are catching his attention more.

answer: a. the kind of population living in your neighbourhood.

the census explorer data tool by the us census bureau allows the user to zoom in on any neighbourhood within the united states and find the kind of people residing in that by race and age.  

the tool needs to needs to be used twice – once in order to find what type of people reside in a neighbourhood, and then to see the age groups of the people in the same neighbourhood.