Bethany 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 an example of a process called the ____________ effect.
A)encoding specificity
B)cocktail party
C)visuospatial
D)primacy

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The cocktail party effect refers to the ability to selectively attend to one conversation or stimulus while filtering out other distractions in a noisy environment, much like being at a crowded party and being able to focus on one conversation while ignoring others. Bethany's ability to hear her name above the din of the conversation is an example of this effect at work. Encoding specificity refers to the idea that recall is more effective when the cognitive and environmental conditions present during retrieval are similar to those present during encoding. Visuospatial pertains to the use of visual and spatial information for processing and understanding information. Primacy refers to the phenomenon where items at the beginning of a list or sequence are better remembered compared to items in the middle or end.

Bethany Is Trying to Focus on a Conversation Across the Room