Question

Lisa is at a cocktail party engaged in conversation with friends, when she hears her name spoken by someone across the room. this is an example of

Answer 1

The correct answer is the cocktail phenomenon.

The Cocktail Phenomenon is the ability of one's brain to focus one's hearing ability on an identified stimulus, while rejecting and blocking out the surrounding stimulus that are present. This ability is mostly accessible or done in a party, wherein you are able to focus to one conversation, while inside a noisy place.