As You Focus on Your Cell Phone Conversation While Driving

question 394

Multiple Choice

As you focus on your cell phone conversation while driving, you miss the road sign where you needed to make a turn and drive 20 miles out of the way. This is an example of

• A)psychokinesis.
• B)inattentional blindness.
• C)retinal disparity.
• D)an apparent-distance illusion.

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