A psychology professor decides to play a practical joke on a colleague in the History Department. While the historian is giving a lecture on the first day of class, the psychology professor interrupts and asks to speak with her outside the classroom. While they are conversing, all the students leave through a back door and are replaced with a completely new group of students. Upon returning, the
history professor continues her lecture without noticing that the students are different, illustrating:
A) change blindness.
B) apparent motion.
C) absentmindedness.
D) inattentional blindness.
A) change blindness.
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