Suppose an air traffic controller is watching his screen on a heavy holiday travel day at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. There is a near miss between two planes because the controller misses both the icons representing the planes, due to numerous distractors present on the screen, and the warning signal, due to the many surrounding sounds in the air traffic control tower. The controller claims he never saw the problem. This was most likely due to __________.
A. inattentional blindness
B. the principle of continuity
C. amplitude modification
D. retinal disparity
Answer: A
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)