Carrie is trying to focus on a conversation across the room during a party she is attending. This is because she thinks she heard her name above the din of the conversation. Her ability to hear her name is due to the mechanism of __________.
A) Broadbent's forgetting theory
B) the homecoming-queen party phenomenon
C) selective attention
D) intimacy

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Carrie's ability to focus on the conversation across the room and hear her name is due to the process of selective attention, where she is able to selectively filter out other noises and distractions in order to hone in on the conversation and her name.

Carrie Is Trying to Focus on a Conversation Across the Room