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Someone a short distance away, to whom you have been paying no attention, quietly speaks your name, and suddenly you attend to that person. This is an example of _________.

A) Broadbent's process of selective memory
B) the phi phenomenon
C) the cocktail party effect
D) cue-controlled inhibition

Cocktail Party Effect

The ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, much like being able to focus on a single conversation in a noisy room.

Selective Memory

The phenomenon of remembering certain information while forgetting others, often influenced by emotional factors.

Broadbent

Donald Broadbent, a British cognitive psychologist who made significant contributions to the field of attention and information processing.

  • Comprehend selective attention and its significance in perceiving important information.
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