Carrie Is Trying to Focus on a Conversation Across the Room

question 275

Multiple Choice

Carrie is trying to focus on a conversation across the room during a party she is attending. This is because she thinks she heard her name above the din of the conversation. Her ability to hear her name is due to the mechanism of __________.

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

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Definitions:

Endoplasmic Reticulum

A network of membranous tubules within the cytoplasm of a cell, involved in protein and lipid synthesis and transport.

Ribosomes

Cellular structures responsible for protein synthesis, reading RNA to assemble amino acids into proteins.

Cellular Activity

The sum of all biochemical processes and actions carried out by cells, enabling growth, reproduction, and response to the environment.

Doubles DNA

Refers to the replication process where a cell duplicates its DNA before cell division, ensuring each new cell receives a complete set of chromosomes.