Standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, Jerry kept looking at his watch to see the time. 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 suffered

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Inattentional blindness is the phenomenon where we fail to perceive or notice unexpected stimuli even if they are in our visual field because our attention is focused elsewhere. In this case, Jerry was so focused on checking the time that he did not notice the robbery taking place in front of him.

Standing in the Checkout Line at the Grocery Store, Jerry