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folubunmi

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Your friend Sophie said that she would call you at 8:00 p.m. When the phone rings at 8:00 p.m., you answer and say Oh, hi, Sophie.
 
  Then you realize that the caller is a different friend with a similar voice, but somewhat higher pitched. Your initial error can be explained by
   a. change blindness.
   b. top-down processing.
   c. bottom-up processing.
   d. recognition-by-components theory.

Question 2

If you were to study top-down processing as it applies to smell, which of the following topics would be most relevant?
 
  a. Whether people recognize a lemon fragrance more readily when they see a photo of a lemon than when they see a photo of a rose.
  b. Whether the chemical structure of lemon-fragrance molecules is substantially different from the chemical structure of rose-fragrance molecules.
  c. Whether the receptors in the nasal passages respond differently to lemon and rose fragrances.
  d. Whether the brain stores lemon and rose fragrances in different locations.


nekcihc358

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: b

Answer to Question 2

Ans: a


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Reply #2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thank you


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