AP PSYCHOLOGY

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SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Allison opened her new jigsaw but soon realized that the puzzle pieces inside had nothing to do with the picture on the box. She completed the puzzle without knowing what the finished picture would look like. Which of the following did Allison use?
A
bottom-up processing
B
top-down processing
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -signal detection theory. Answer: Signal detection theory explains why some people respond differently to the same stimuli. Some factors that explain these differences are a person’s experience, expectations, motivation, and alertness.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example, a standard introductory psychology textbook provides the following definition: “Top-down processing is how knowledge, expectations, or past experiences shape the interpretation of sensory information” (Gazzaniga, Heatherton, & Halpern, 2016, p. 173).

Detailed explanation-3: -Transduction is an indispensable part of the process for detecting external stimuli: without transduction, the human body would lose the ability to taste, touch, hear, see, or feel pain.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the simplest terms, this theory is about human perception. Specifically, this theory tries to understand how humans can perceive even the slightest difference between two stimuli.

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