While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of .....

BASIC CONCEPTS OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

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While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of ____

A	inattentional blindness
B	place theory
C	blind spot
D	feature detectors

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Sensory adaptation is the diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Transduction: the conversion of one form of energy into another. In sensation, this is the transformation of sights, sounds, and smells into neural impulses our brain can interpret.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sensory adaptation is the decrease in sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Absolute threshold refers to the minimum amount of stimulus energy that must be present for the stimulus to be detected 50% of the time.

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