Which of the Following Is an Example of Inattentional Blindness

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of inattentional blindness?

• A)Even though Dwayne focuses on talking to Jean, he still sees a car pull up to the curb.
• B)Haruto is so focused on a man juggling oranges that he fails to notice two people rushing past behind the juggler.
• C)Even though Ebba is blind, she still senses a blinking light three feet away.
• D)Hans stares straight ahead, but he is unable to see a horseback rider approaching from the left.

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Binet

Alfred Binet was a French psychologist who, along with Theodore Simon, developed the first intelligence test in the early 20th century, known as the Binet-Simon scale.

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The set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a language, determining word order and arrangement.