Analyzing smaller features and building up to a larger, complete perception is called __________.
A. top-down processing
B. bottom-up processing
C. perceptual construction
D. hypothesis formation
Answer: B
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A) psychometrics; at which the roommate complains B) psychometrics; on the stereo C) psychophysics; at which the roommate complains D) psychophysics; on the stereo
Intruding thoughts that occur again and again are called _________. Repetitive, ritualistic behaviors are called ________
a) intrusions; impulses b) obsessions; compulsions c) impulses; intrusions d) compulsions; obsessions
Imagine that your class decides to create a campaign focused on promoting healthy living and recycling on your campus. Identify three specific ways you could do this using the theories and ideas about persuasion listed above (theory of planned behavior, elaboration likelihood model, etc.).
What will be an ideal response?
Dr. Johnson focuses her research on how people adapt to economic, psychological, and physical changes in old age. Given this emphasis, Dr. Johnson appears to be a(n)
A. lifespan developmentalist. B. anthropologist. C. pubescence specialist. D. gerontologist.