Bethany Is Trying to Focus on a Conversation Across the Room

question 25

Multiple Choice

Bethany 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:

Psychosocial Development

Refers to the theory proposed by Erik Erikson, which outlines eight stages of development that individuals go through from infancy to adulthood, emphasizing the social and psychological challenges at each stage.

Erikson's Stages

A series of eight stages of psychosocial development through which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood, each characterized by a different conflict that must be resolved.

Fromm's Needs

Refers to Erich Fromm's concept of basic human needs, including relatedness, transcendence, rootedness, sense of identity, and a frame of orientation.

Social Influence

Social Influence encompasses the changes in attitude, belief, or behavior caused by real or imagined pressure from others.