What is the relationship between recognition and top-down processing?
What will be an ideal response?
Recognition is the ability to match a presented item with an item in memory. Recognition is necessary for top-down processing, which requires knowledge of existing objects. A person recognizes an unfamiliar chair as being a chair, and her perception of the new chair is shaped by her knowledge of chairs in general.
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a. the amount of participation in the group therapy sessions. b. whether or not the group was coed. c. the clients' attitudes toward group therapy. d. how much the clients' mental health improved.
Recent research on the tests of cognitive validity have found that such tests are
a. equally valid for minority and majority test takers. b. more valid for minority test takers than they are for majority test takers. c. more valid for majority test takers than they are for minority test takers. d. not valid for some groups of test takers.
When workers are paid according to their performance, their sense of autonomy is ________ and their sense of control over their work is ________
a. enhanced; enhanced b. enhanced; decreased c. decreased; decreased d. decreased; enhanced
Silvia is 22 years old and lives in an apartment with two friends. She's thinking about her family and the changes that have occurred since she moved out of her parents' house
During adolescence, she and your parents got along fairly well, but there were times when there was quite a bit of conflict. Now that she has been out of the family house for a few years, her relationship with her parents has likely ____. a. improved and conflict has declined b. improved, but conflict has risen c. deteriorated and conflict has risen d. deteriorated, but conflict has declined