Which of the following students provides the best, most complete definition of the term perception?
a. Andrew: Perception refers to the process of converting external stimuli into electrical signals within the nervous system.
b. Marie-France: Perception refers to the registration of visual information on the retina.
c. Marco: Perception refers to the mental images we create without any input from the external world.
d. Sarah: Perception uses our previous knowledge to collect and interpret sensory stimuli.
Question 2
Chapter 1 of your textbook ends with a discussion about the five themes of this book. According to this discussion,
a. cognition is generally not very accurate.
b. cognition typically emphasizes both top-down and bottom-up processing.
c. children typically emphasize top-down processing, but adults typically emphasize bottom-up processing.
d. cognition is typically more accurate for negative information than for positive information.
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