Selective Inattention
Sullivan proposed that patients could keep certain aspects or components of their interpersonal relationships out of their awareness by a psychological behavior described as selective inattention. The term has to a degree passed into common usage: "Selective inattention".
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Famous quotes containing the words selective and/or inattention:
“The selective memory isn’t selective enough.”
—Blake Morrison (b. 1950)
“When a girl marries, she exchanges the attentions of all the other men of her acquaintance for the inattention of just one.”
—Helen Rowland (1875–1950)