Someone a short distance away, to whom you have been paying no attention, quietly speaks your name, and suddenly you attend to that person. This is an example of __________
a) Broadbent's process of selective memory
b) the phi phenomenon
c) the cocktail party effect
d) cue-controlled inhibition
ANS: C, This is an example of the cocktail party effect, which refers to hearing your name stand out in a crowded situation (such as a cocktail party).
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a. X = 475 c. X = 440 b. X = 525 d. X = 560
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A. If it showed similar results from identical twins who were raised in the same home. B. If it showed similar results from the highest-achieving students in different socioeconomic and ethnic circumstances. C. If it showed different results from identical twins raised in different homes. D. If it showed different results from the highest-achieving students in different socioeconomic and ethnic circumstances.
You do not have the time or money to assess the recycling attitudes of residents in a neighborhood, and neither do you have the resources for a media campaign designed to change residents' attitudes toward recycling
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A. hypothalamus B. medulla C. pons D. thalamus