Yelinda Is Talking to a Salesman in a Store When

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Multiple Choice

Yelinda is talking to a salesman in a store when she steps away to answer her cell phone.When Yelinda turns back to the salesman,she fails to notice that the salesman she had originally been speaking to has been replaced by a different salesman.Yelinda's failure to notice that the salesman has changed is best explained by

• A) retroactive interference.
• B) memory bias.
• C) shadowing.
• D) change blindness.

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