Having been raised in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,you are a huge fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers.Now,living in Wichita,Kansas,you don't often run into other Steeler fans.While shopping at a local sporting goods store one afternoon,your ears perk up when you hear a complete stranger talking about your favorite team.Why did you tend to "hear" the conversation of this one stranger,and not give equal attention to other conversations in your surroundings?
A) Being in a sporting goods store primed you to be ready to hear conversations that were personally meaningful to you.
B) You were demonstrating inattentional blindness to the other conversations.
C) You were exhibiting choice blindness to all other conversations.
D) The conversation about your favorite team was a pop-out stimulus and that is why it got our attention.

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The conversation about the favorite team being a pop-out stimulus explains why it got the attention. Pop-out stimuli are stimuli that are easily noticeable because they stand out or grab attention in a particular context. As the person is a huge fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the conversation about the team was a pop-out stimulus for them in the environment of a sporting goods store. Therefore, the attention was automatically drawn to the conversation, and other conversations were ignored.

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