Chapter 2 Discussed Two Related Topics, Called Change Blindness and Inattentional

question 8

Multiple Choice

Chapter 2 discussed two related topics, called change blindness and inattentional blindness. According to this discussion,

• A) we need to monitor our environment more carefully, so that our perception is more accurate.
• B) in reality, these cognitive errors can be traced to strategy that makes sense in the real world.
• C) both of these topics reflect a basic deficit in object recognition.
• D) both of these topics can be traced to overactive bottom-up processing.

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