Chloe is eating lunch with friends and is engaged in a conversation about a math test they took yesterday. Although she is not p
aying attention to other discussions around her, Chloe hears her name spoken by a group of students behind her. Chloe's ability to process her name without paying attention to the conversation is known as ___________
The cocktail party effect is observed in the brain's ability to drive out all other noise, and focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus
This is sort of selective attention in the brain. It is analogous to when one is in a party and is able to focus on a single conversation amid the noise from the music and people. The brain decides which stimuli is most important to it and then reacts to it.
A responsibility is something you have to do or (at least) ought to do. A right is something you are allowed to do or permitted to do. You have no obligation to exercise your right.
