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

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This is an example of the cocktail-party effect, where someone's attention is suddenly drawn to their own name being mentioned in a nearby conversation that they had been ignoring.

Someone a Short Distance Away, to Whom You Have Been