Bethany Is Trying to Focus on a Conversation Across the Room

question 67

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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