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haleyc112

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Which of the following everyday examples would be most similar to the research findings on visual images and interference?
 
  a. When you form a visual image of a friend's face, you have difficulty seeing a faint visual stimulus.
  b. When you form a visual image of a friend's face, you are faster at identifying his or her voice.
  c. A visual image will enhance your ability to see a faint visual stimulus, but it will reduce your ability to hear a faint auditory stimulus.
  d. When you form an auditory image of a doorbell ringing, you will be better at detecting a tone of a similar pitch; in contrast, you will be worse at detecting a tone that is at least an octave higher or lower.

Question 2

Reed conducted research demonstrating that people had difficulty locating a parallelogram in their mental image of a six-sided star. This research
 
  a. supports the analog position on mental images.
  b. demonstrates that mental images require a four-stage processing sequence.
  c. supports the idea that we use verbal descriptions to store mental images.
  d. demonstrates that we must reject both the analog and propositional views of mental imagery.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: a

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Ans: c





 

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