Fans of opposing sports teams often act as if they have seen completely different games.This probably results from the fans of each team focusing intently on their own players and not the other team, which illustrates
A) psychokinesis.
B) retinal disparity.
C) inattentional blindness.
D) the apparent-distance hypothesis.

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Inattentional blindness is the cognitive phenomenon where a person fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus that is in plain sight. In the case of fans of opposing sports teams, they are so focused on their own players and their team's performance that they may not be paying attention to the other team's actions, thus resulting in different interpretations of the same game.

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