The example of a new parent who sleeps through a loud thunderstorm,but wakes up the minute their newborn infant begins to cry is used to illustrate that during sleep,there is
A) no awareness of external stimuli.
B) a selective awareness of external stimuli.
C) no awareness of either external or internal stimuli.
D) an awareness of all external stimuli.

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The example demonstrates that during sleep, there is selective awareness of external stimuli. The parent is able to sleep through the loud thunderstorm, but wakes up immediately upon hearing their newborn crying. This suggests that the parent's brain is filtering and processing external stimuli even during sleep, but only those that are deemed important or relevant (in this case, the cry of their child).

The Example of a New Parent Who Sleeps Through a Loud