Mackworth and Loftus Found That People Who Were Asked to Look

question 73

Multiple Choice

Mackworth and Loftus found that people who were asked to look at a drawing of a farm scene that had an octopus near the barn tended to

• A)show inattentional blindness to the octopus.
• B)look longer at the octopus because it was an unexpected object.
• C)look a shorter time at the octopus because it was an unexpected object.
• D)look the same length of time to each object in the drawing, regardless of whether it was an expected or unexpected object.

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