A little boy is staying home alone for the first time when a tree branch falls onto the roof. He

makes a perceptual error, concluding that the noise is a burglar breaking into his house.

Describe
the way he might have experienced this event, moving through the three stages of the perceptual
process.
What will be an ideal response?


The stages in the perceptual process are selecting available data, organizing data into
usable form, and interpreting the data by adding meaning and making predictions.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Which of the following structural characteristics must closed ended questions have?

a. They must use an interval or ratio level measure. b. The response set must be ranked ordered c. The response set must be exhaustive and mutually exclusive d. They must provide respondents for an opportunity to use their own words.

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