In a Classic Demonstration of Inattentional Blindness,Ulric Neisser's Participants Counted

question 92

Multiple Choice

In a classic demonstration of inattentional blindness,Ulric Neisser's participants counted passes while watching a basketball game video (Neisser,1979) .The researchers recorded whether participants noticed a woman's image superimposed on the video.In this study,the _____ variable is _____.

• A) dependent; whether participants noticed the woman
• B) control; whether participants noticed the woman
• C) dependent; the number of passes counted
• D) control; the number of passes counted

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