The cocktail party effect is

A. the ability to pay attention to one stimulus while filtering out other stimuli.
B. the inability to pay attention to one stimulus in the presence of competing stimuli.
C. the diminished awareness of information in a crowd.
D. the equal division of attention between competing stimuli.


Answer: A

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