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Inattentional Blindness
Inattentional blindness is when people do not notice certain stimuli in their environment because their attention is elsewhere.
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Ch.5 Sensation and Perception - Psychology @ OpenStax
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Focuses of Research on Perception
Types of Perception
The Five Aggregates of Clinging: Perception
Body Transfer Illusion
Inattentional Blindness
Factors Influencing Perception
Processing Modes in Perception
Factors Explaining Gaps Between Sensation and Perception
Fallibility and Bias in Perception
A person who is very afraid of spiders sees a small, dark piece of lint on their bed and momentarily perceives it as a spider, causing a brief panic. Which psychological principle best explains why the piece of lint was interpreted in this way?