You Are Riding in a Car with a Friend Who

question 98

Multiple Choice

You are riding in a car with a friend who is driving a few miles an hour over the speed limit and he is watching intently for police cars.Your friend got a ticket last week,so every time he sees a car that looks remotely like a police car,he slows down.Because of his over-vigilance,he has slowed down several times for what turned out not to be police cars.Your friend's attempts to notice police cars would have the most relevance to which of the following?

• A) Gestalt psychology
• B) bottom-up processing
• C) signal detection theory
• D) sensation

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Definitions:

Overload Theory

A psychological concept proposing that individuals have a limit to the amount of information or stimuli they can process, with overload leading to stress or error.

Pathological Theory

An approach that explains behavior or phenomena as the result of individual disease, dysfunction, or disorder.

Secondary Territory

Spaces that do not belong to individuals but to which they have some claim of use or occupation, often public or semi-public.

Open Territory

Refers to areas or spaces that are not claimed or controlled by any one group or organization, allowing free access and use.