Standing in the checkout line at the grocery store,Jerry was concentrating on answering a text.As a result,he failed to see that a store employee was being robbed by a person just in front of him.Jerry most clearly experienced
A) the cocktail party effect.
B) inattentional blindness.
C) blindsight.
D) popout.

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Inattentional blindness refers to the failure to notice an unexpected stimulus or event when attention is focused on another task or object, as Jerry was focused on answering a text and failed to notice the robbery taking place in front of him. The cocktail party effect refers to the ability to selectively attend to one conversation while filtering out others, while blindsight involves being able to respond to stimuli despite the inability to consciously perceive them. Popout refers to the ability of visually salient stimuli to capture attention automatically.

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