Aman in a gorilla suit rode through campus in a tiny clown car singing loudly. he was part of a psychology experiment, and student researchers interviewed people who had been in the same area. they found that no one who had been talking on a cell phone had noticed this even though it was within a few feet of them. this is an example of:

Inattentional deafness.

Explanation: Inattentional deafness is the situation that is caused when the people tend to fail in hearing the audible sounds in the surrounding due to the circumstances of workload. The attention towards any event happening in the surrounding goes unnoticed by them in such cases.

The situation mentioned in the question states about the inattentional deafness of people because they were talking on the cell phone and thus are not able to notice the gorilla-suited man and the loud singing car.

the correct answer is "c": the pillars proclaimed his regret at the bloodshed at the battle of kalinga and his conversion to buddhism.

the kalinga war is considered as one of the largest battles in the history of india. it was fought between the between the maurya empire, which ruled the lands of what is now known as india at the time, and the independent feudal kingdom of kalinga.

the army of maurya empire, led by its king ashoka, fought a prolonged war against kalinga. the war ended around 262 bce with the victory of the maurya empire. it is believed that ashoka, after having witnessed the loss of many lives during this war, felt deep responsibility and eventually converted into buddhism.

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