Which of the Following Is an Example of Inattentional Blindness

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of inattentional blindness?

• A) Hearing two different messages delivered to the right and left ears and being asked to repeat one of those messages and ignore the other
• B) Failing to notice a man in a lobster costume skate across the ice at a hockey game because you are busy watching the puck
• C) Different brain regions are responsible for processing aspects of a single stimulus. If one region incorrectly processes a stimulus, we are blind to what the stimulus is.
• D) Reading through your textbook and, realizing that you don't remember what you just read

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given random-sample-based statistic.

Sample Sizes

Refers to the different quantities or numbers of observations collected from populations for various studies.

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, computed from the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic.

Infinite Population

A theoretical concept where the size of the population is limitless or indefinitely large.