In which of the following situations would you be most likely to rely heavily on top-down perceptual processing to correctly perceive the situation?

a. ?when working a jigsaw puzzle depicting three kittens in a basket
b. ?when seeing an object that is completely unlike anything you have seen before
c. ?when viewing an untitled, abstract sculpture in a museum
d. ?when listening to a new piece of instrumental, abstract jazz


ANSWER:
a

Psychology

You might also like to view...

In one of the first social psychological experiments ever conducted, researcher Max Ringelmann observed men as they pulled on a rope either alone, as part of a small group, or as part of a large group. He found that as the size of the group increased, ____

a. individual effort increased b. individual effort decreased c. the task took longer to complete d. the task took less time to complete

Psychology

Using more than one exemplar of a stimulus (such as more than one violent video game in a study investigating violent video content on aggression) is known as ____

a. stimulus sampling b. meta-analysis c. factorial design d. the interaction effect

Psychology

A mesosystem provides connections across microsystems

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

The thalamus does NOT receive information from:

A) sight. B) sound. C) smell. D) touch.

Psychology