We can improve our self-concept. Ask for feedback. Be confident of our abilities. Identify our life script and be sure it is one that we want to follow. Perception of Others Selective attention is the ability to process some stimuli and filter out the rest.
Some stimuli attract our attention more than others.
Intense or extraordinary stimuli. Stimuli related to our motive or goal. Selective retention is choosing stimuli to remember. We remember the good and forget the bad. Psychological filters include desires and expectations based on past experience.