In Simons and Chabris's (1999) Experiment, Participants Are Focused on a Challenging

question 32

Multiple Choice

In Simons and Chabris's (1999) experiment, participants are focused on a challenging perceptual task, counting the white team's basketball passes while ignoring the black team's basketball passes.Because of the challenging nature of the task, ______.

• A)inattentional blindness is more likely to occur
• B)attentional capture of irrelevant stimuli is more likely to occur
• C)attention shift is more likely to occur
• D)the spotlight model of attention is needed to explain the data

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