Peter is shown a photograph of a man standing in a garden holding an orange.He is then shown an identical photograph, except that the man is holding an apple, not an orange.Peter does not detect a difference.This type of experiment demonstrates which phenomenon?
A)blindsight
B)the attentional spotlight
C)feature integration
D)change blindness

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This type of experiment demonstrates change blindness, which is the phenomenon where individuals fail to detect changes in a visual scene when they occur gradually or during a disruption such as a brief interruption in visual input. In this case, the change from holding an orange to holding an apple was not noticed by Peter.

Peter Is Shown a Photograph of a Man Standing in a Garden