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sheilaspns

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Imagine that you are reading an article on face recognition. The article argues that people use holistic processing when they look at a face. Which of the following sentences would you be most likely to see in this article?
 
  a. People with prosopagnosia are especially likely to use holistic processing.
  b. Brain lesions typically encourage the use of holistic processing in face recognition.
  c. People perceive faces by holistic processing, in terms of a gestalt, rather than separate elements.
  d. Infants tend to use holistic processing, whereas adults use gestalt processing.

Question 2

A person with prosopagnosia would be likely to
 
  a. perform better than other people on a change-blindness test.
  b. have difficulty recognizing fruits and vegetables.
  c. fail to recognize letters of the alphabet.
  d. have trouble recognizing faces.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: c

Answer to Question 2

Ans: d



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