Don Goes to Class on Friday but the Instructor Is

Multiple Choice

Don goes to class on Friday but the instructor is not present. The teaching assistant announces that the instructor is ill and there will be no class that day. When Don comes to class on Monday, he notices that students are handing in an assignment to the instructor. He discovers that the TA told students that even though there was no class Friday, they had a homework assignment to complete. Don's failure to attend to that part of the TA's message reflects which aspect of the perception process?

A) selection
B) organization
C) personal constructs
D) stereotypes
E) interpretation