Mackworth and Loftus found that people who were asked to look at a drawing of a farm scene that had an octopus near the barn tended to
A)show inattentional blindness to the octopus.
B)look longer at the octopus because it was an unexpected object.
C)look a shorter time at the octopus because it was an unexpected object.
D)look the same length of time to each object in the drawing, regardless of whether it was an expected or unexpected object.

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The study found that people tended to look longer at unexpected objects, such as the octopus, in the farm scene. This suggests that people notice unexpected objects more than expected objects, which goes against the idea of inattentional blindness (choice A). The study did not find evidence to support choices C or D.

Mackworth and Loftus Found That People Who Were Asked to Look