While Engaged in a Battle During the War in the Persian

question 406

Multiple Choice

While engaged in a battle during the war in the Persian Gulf, crewmen operating the radar systems on the Vincennes mistakenly interpreted a commercial airliner as a threatening military aircraft and shot it down, tragically killing all the passengers aboard. This incident was discussed as an example of

• A)stress-induced analgesia
• B)a perceptual schema
• C)a perceptual constancy
• D)a perceptual set

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