While a man provided directions to a construction worker,two experimenters rudely interrupted by passing between them carrying a door.The man's failure to notice that during this interruption the construction worker was replaced by another person wearing different-colored clothes illustrates

A) dual processing.
B) blindsight.
C) parallel processing.
D) change blindness.

The man's failure to notice the change in the construction worker's clothes during the interruption is an example of change blindness. This occurs when we fail to notice changes in our environment, especially when they occur during brief interruptions or distractions. The passing of the two experimenters carrying a door served as a distraction, causing the man to miss the change in the construction worker's clothes.