The failure of participants who were narrowly focusing on seeing the black cross to notice the appearance of the small blue square on the screen illustrates

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Inattentional blindness occurs when a person fails to notice an unexpected stimulus in plain sight because their attention is focused on something else. In the given scenario, the participants' focus on seeing the black cross caused them to overlook the appearance of the small blue square, which is an example of inattentional blindness. The other options - psychokinesis, retinal disparity, and apparent-distance illusion - are not related to this phenomenon.

The Failure of Participants Who Were Narrowly Focusing on Seeing