Asked by samantha christella on Sep 29, 2024

If a radio play-by-play announcer describing each pitch during a baseball game fails to notice a naked fan running across the infield,what would the announcer be demonstrating

A)  inattentional blindness
B)  feature analysis 
C)  perceptual set
D)  attentional disturbance

Inattentional Blindness

A psychological phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight due to a lack of attention.

Perceptual Set

A tendency to perceive or notice some aspects of the available sensory data and ignore others, influenced by expectations, experiences, and context.

Feature Analysis

A method in cognitive psychology for understanding how the human mind perceives and processes information by breaking down stimuli into component features.

  • Recognize the influence of attention and inattention on perception and identify instances of inattentional blindness.