When he saw a single red jelly bean surrounded by a dozen white jelly beans,Jeremy's attention was quickly drawn to the red-colored jelly bean.This best illustrates
A) dual processing.
B) the popout phenomenon.
C) change blindness.
D) the cocktail party effect.

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The popout phenomenon is the rapid detection of a distinctive stimulus among homogeneous stimuli, which is what is happening when Jeremy's attention is quickly drawn to the red jelly bean surrounded by white jelly beans. Dual processing refers to the idea that information is processed both consciously and unconsciously, but this scenario doesn't necessarily involve unconscious processing. Change blindness refers to the difficulty people have in detecting changes to visual scenes, and the cocktail party effect refers to the selective attention people have in paying attention to one particular stimulus while ignoring others. Neither of these concepts apply to the scenario with the jelly beans.

When He Saw a Single Red Jelly Bean Surrounded by a Dozen