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joe

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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.


shaquita

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

Ans: d

Answer to Question 2

Ans: b


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