The "seat of your pants phenomenon" and the "cocktail party effect" refer to
A)sensory conflict and the involuntary focusing on a specific sensory input.
B)mixed attention and the voluntary focusing on many inputs.
C)selective attention and the voluntary focusing on a specific sensory input.
D)subliminal perception and the involuntary focusing on many inputs.

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The "seat of your pants phenomenon" refers to the ability to sense things without necessarily being consciously aware of them, often related to proprioception or the sense of body position and movement, which involves selective attention to specific sensory inputs. The "cocktail party effect" is the ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when a person can focus on a single conversation in a noisy environment. This also involves selective attention and the voluntary focusing on a specific sensory input.

The "Seat of Your Pants Phenomenon" and the "Cocktail Party