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
Answer: C
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