Question

In a study, participants were asked to watch a video of two teams- one in white outfits and one in black outfits passing a ball to each other. Participants were asked to count the number of times the white team successfully passed the ball. During the video, a woman in a black gorilla suit walked through the middle of the two teams and stopped to thump her chest. After the video, only about half the participants reported that they had noticed the woman in the gorilla suit What phenomenon was this study examining?

a. habituation
b.just noticeable difference
c. bottom-up processing
d. inattentional blindness

Answer 1

Option d (inattentional blindness) is the right approach.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Inattentional or Unintentional blindness, sometimes recognized as optical blindness, seems to be an occurrence in which the afflicted participant can not see new objects in their visible spectrum that unexpectedly arise.
• This occurrence is thought to have become a consequence of intense stimulation throughout the field and may cause the individual throughout their proximity to miss significant, however unpredictable, objects.

The other options given weren’t connected to the example mentioned. So, the best option would be the one above.