You are at a party talking to a group of friends, and your attention is suddenly drawn to another group's conversation as your name is mentioned. This is an example of ________.
A) sensory reduction
B) habituation
C) the cocktail-party phenomenon
D) sensory adaptation

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This is an example of the cocktail-party phenomenon, which describes the ability to focus one's 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 room.

You Are at a Party Talking to a Group of Friends