Frank is looking for his girlfriend in a large crowd of people. Because he is so focused on finding her, he fails to notice when a man in a clown costume walks by, despite looking directly at him. This is an example of:

a. a feature detection failure.

b. sensory overload.

c. sensory adaptation.

d. inattentional blindness.

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Babs

Social Studies

9 January, 08:15

Frank is looking for his girlfriend in a large crowd of people. Because he is so focused on finding her, he fails to notice when a man in a clown costume walks by, despite looking directly at him. This is an example of:

a. a feature detection failure.

b. sensory overload.

c. sensory adaptation.

d. inattentional blindness.

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Nehemiah Nicholson · Answer 1

D

Explanation:

"Also known as perceptual blindness, inattentive blindness results from a lack of attention that is not associated with vision defects or deficits, as an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight." - google

Basically when a person is focused on a task they unintentionally fail to notice other things.