Lassandra is deep in conversation with a friend in the cafeteria. The sound of her name spoken at a nearby table, though, immediately rivets her attention. Lassandra is experiencing the _________ effect.
A)McGurk
B)synesthetic
C)magnetic attention
D)cocktail party

Question

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The cocktail party effect refers to the phenomenon where a person can 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. Hearing one's own name is a common example of something that can easily grab our attention in such a situation.

Lassandra Is Deep in Conversation with a Friend in the Cafeteria