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Romina is at a large event with lots of music and conversations going on simultaneously. While talking to a friend about her latest romantic breakup, Romina hears her name spoken from the other side of the room. Romina immediately looks in the direction of the voice and sees the person who spoke her name. This ability to detect one's name being spoken in this situation is an example of: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. consciousness. inattentional blindness. the cocktail party effect. narcolepsy.

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Cocktail party effect

Step-by-step explanation:

Selective attention

This is simply the act of capitalizing or focusing of one's mind/ conscious awareness on a particular thing such as in the case of cocktail party effect

Cocktail party effect

This simply deals with the ability,trait etc common to an individual in focusing one's listening attention on a single talker amidst other conversationss and background noises. This is the ability to attend to only one voice among others.

This is also defined as a form of selective attention and the ability to putting or placing your mindset on one thing. A common example of cocktail party effect is the inherent capability to hear voice among many in a crowded airline terminal or noisy parks.

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