PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere is called
A
blindsight
B
parallel processing
C
the cocktail party effect
D
inattentional blindness
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The failure to notice unexpected objects or events when attention is focused elsewhere is now known as inattentional blindness. The study of such failures of awareness has a long history, but their practical importance has received increasing attention over the past decade.

Detailed explanation-2: -Inattentional blindness or perceptual blindness (rarely called inattentive blindness) occurs when an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight, purely as a result of a lack of attention rather than any vision defects or deficits.

Detailed explanation-3: -Inattentional blindness is the failure to notice a fully-visible, but unexpected object because attention was engaged on another task, event, or object.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inattentional blindness (also called perceptual blindness) is the failure to notice something that is completely visible because of a lack of attention.

Detailed explanation-5: -Failure to notice something that is completely visible because of a lack of attention is called inattentional blindness.

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