Suppose That You Are Watching a Movie

question 35

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you are watching a movie. Two men are talking, and the camera focuses on a man in a blue shirt, with long sideburns. The focus shifts to the other man. Then it returns to the man in the blue shirt-but now his sideburns are about an inch shorter. If you fail to notice that he looks different, you are exhibiting

• A) bottom-up processing.
• B) change blindness.
• C) the principle that face recognition is "special."
• D) the recognition-by-components approach.

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