Sitting in a Very Noisy Restaurant, You Are Able to Screen

question 27

Multiple Choice

Sitting in a very noisy restaurant, you are able to screen out all the other conversations around you so you can listen to the friend with whom you are conversing. This is an example of __________.

• A) Broadbent's forgetting theory
• B) the homecoming-queen party phenomenon
• C) selective attention
• D) intimacy

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Definitions:

Vase

A container usually made of glass, ceramic, or metal used for holding cut flowers or as a decorative piece.

Motion Detectors

Devices that detect moving objects, typically used in security systems to alert of intruders, or in automatic lighting systems.

Motion Aftereffects

The illusion of motion in the opposite direction that occurs after one stops looking at moving stimuli.

Baseline Firing Rate

The normal frequency at which a neuron fires impulses when not being stimulated.