selective retention
tendency to remember messages that are more relevant to one's values, beliefs and interests.
Some may wonder how Batman remembers only the fights he won, but the simple and obvious answer is selective retention.
My school times surely had its bad moments, but luckily, thanks to selective retention, I keep in mind only the good ones.
cross-cultural
adj., involving/dealing with two or more different cultures.
Open mind is a facility in cross-cultural communication.
New York was the most cross-cultural city she had ever been to.
fitness signals
signals indicating person's or animal's good physical condition, for example well-built abs, strong, shiny hair or peacock's tale.
Female parrots tend to choose partners with the most visible fitness signals, like rich, colorful plumage.
Human beings' preferences in choosing a partner often vary from basic fitness signals and are more personalized than those in animal kingdom.
craftsmanship
one's great skill in a certain craft or high quality of a hand-made product, artistry.
With each new work, William Marble proves his amazing craftsmanship.
This 16th century porcelain vase is a piece of fine craftsmanship.
natural selection
biological process in which only organisms with the ability to adapt to environmental changes tend to survive and reproduct.
Probably, the end of dinosaurs was the effect of natural selection.
If natural selection was a subject, we could say that humanity passed easily.
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