Suppose you are given a page that is filled to the edges with black "As" and you are instructed to scan the page for the only gray "8" on the page
The fact that you are able to find that one stimulus against a background of many constant stimuli can be explained by:
a) inattentional blindness.
b) the principle of continuity.
c) amplitude modification.
d) retinal disparity.
ANS: A, In this case you would "turn off" your attention to all of the As and focus only on looking for a gray 8. This ability to disregard irrelevant stimuli is called inattentional blindness.
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