When you first get into the swimming pool, the water feels rather cool, but after swimming for awhile, the water feels fine. A friend asks you how the water is, and you tell her the "water's great.". She jumps in and then accuses you of lying because the water is freezing. You really were not lying. It is just that you experienced:

a. sensory gating.
b. sensory adaptation.
c. sensory conflict.
d. selective attention.

b. sensory adaptation.                    

Explanation:

Sensory adaptation: In psychology, the term "sensory adaptation" is described as a phenomenon in which an individual experience sensitivity reduction towards a particular stimulus after getting continuous exposure to it i.e, it reduces an individual's awareness towards a continuous stimulus. However, because of sensory adaptation, an individual's resources and attention gets free and allows him or her to attend some other stimuli in the surrounding environment.

In the question above, the given statement signifies sensory adaptation.

the first one is d and the second a

your answer should be c, it seems to be the only one that makes sense. mark me branliest : )