Gestalt psychologists have noted the rules in the way humans integrate bits and pieces of sensory stimulation into meaningful whole experiences. The rules are referred to as the laws of
a. bottom-up processing. c. perceptual organization.
b. figure-ground perception. d. opponents process theory.
C
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Which of the following is a finding of the study conducted by Matsumoto, Kasri, & Kooken (1999) that compared American and Japanese ratings of how strongly expressions were displayed and how strongly the expresser was actually feeling the emotion?
a) Significant differences were found for the Japanese, who consistently rated external display more intensely than subjective experience. b) The Japanese rated external display more intensely than did the Americans. c) Within-culture analyses indicated no significant differences between the two ratings for the Japanese. d) Americans rated internal experience more intensely than did the Japanese.
A possible barrier to successful problem solving, in which a concept is considered only in its most typical form, is called ____
a. ?algorithmic paralysis b. ?functional fixedness c. ?the availability heuristic d. ?irrelevant information bias
Mental-scanning experiments found
a. a direct relationship between scanning time and distance on the image. b. an absence of mental scanning when processing a mental geometric image c. a constant scanning time for all locations on an image. d. that imagery does not represent spatial relations in the same way perceptual information does.
Lena is taking antidepressants that increase her levels of serotonin. What is likely true about her sleep?
A. She cannot sleep. B. She has enhanced dreaming. C. She experiences more REM sleep. D. She experiences less REM sleep.