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 due to the mechanism of ________.
A) Broadbent's forgetting theory
B) the homecoming queen party phenomenon
C) selective attention
D) intimacy

Question

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 due to the mechanism of ________.
A) Broadbent's forgetting theory 
B) the homecoming queen party phenomenon
C) selective attention 
D) intimacy

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The ability of Bethany to focus on a specific conversation across the room despite the noise is an example of selective attention. She is selectively attending to the conversation that caught her attention because she perceived her name being mentioned.

Bethany Is Trying to Focus on a Conversation Across the Room