The cocktail party effect provides an example of:
Correct answer: A. selective attention
- A. selective attention
- B. the phi phenomenon
- C. stroboscopic movement
- D. perceptual constancy
Explanation
The cocktail party effect is the ability to focus attention on one conversation while filtering out other voices, with personally meaningful information such as one’s name still attracting attention. It therefore illustrates selective attention rather than apparent motion or constancy.
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