If a person fails to perceive an event when their attention is diverted elsewhere, this is termed
A) attentional failure.
B) change blindness.
C) inattentional blindness.
D) inhibition of attention.
E) dichotic listening.

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Inattentional blindness occurs when an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus that is in plain sight, purely because their attention was focused on another task, event, or aspect of their environment. This phenomenon explains how people can miss things that are right in front of them if they are not paying attention to them.

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