You think you recognize the woman in the grocery store line, but you can't quite seem to place her. Later, when you see her in a familiar setting of the restaurant where she is a waitress, you make the connection

This best illustrates the importance to perceptual identification of

a. nature and nurture.
b. context and expectations.
c. bottom-up processing.
d. personality and motivation.


Answer: b. context and expectations.

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