Someone a short distance away, to whom you have been paying no attention, quietly speaks your name, and suddenly you are attending to that conversation. This is an example of ________
a. the Phi phenomenon
b. cue-controlled inhibition
c. Broadbent's filter theory
d. the cocktail-party phenomenon
Answer: d
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