When you are in a group of people, surrounded by voices, you can choose to focus on the voice of the person you are facing or even choose to eavesdrop on conversations around the room. This is known as
A)the "cocktail party effect."
B)the multisensory approach.
C)"mindblindness."
D)the sound threshold barrier.

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The "cocktail party effect" refers to the ability of individuals to focus their auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when a person can focus on a single conversation in a noisy environment.

When You Are in a Group of People, Surrounded by Voices