Question

A man is at a large party with lots of music and conversations going on simultaneously. While talking to a friend about her latest romantic breakup, he hears his name spoken from the other side of the room. He immediately looks in the direction of the voice and sees the person who spoke his name. This ability to detect one's name being spoken in this situation is an example of the _____ effect.

Answer 1

This ability to detect one's name being spoken in this situation is an example of the cocktail party effect.

Step-by-step explanation:

The cocktail party effect consists on the brain's capacity to center an individual's auditory attention (resulting from the brain's selective attention) on a specific stimulus and eliminating a variety of other stimuli, like the case of this man's ability to recognize his name in a party with lots of music and conversations taking place at the same time.