Awoman is at a large event with lots of music and conversations going on simultaneously. while talking to a friend about his latest romantic breakup, she hears her name spoken from the other side of the room. she 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:
a. the cocktail party effect.
b. inattentional blindness.
c. narcolepsy.
d. consciousness.

A - the cocktail party effect.

Explanation:

The cocktail party effect is a phenomenon of the brain involving an ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out the rest. In this case, the woman recognises, through the events noise, the spoken name of her latest partner.

the answer would be a

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