Your Text Indicates One Problem Associated with Measures Such as the College

question 18

Multiple Choice

Your text indicates one problem associated with measures such as the College Life Stress Inventory is they focus on stressors experienced by __________ and underrepresent stressors experienced by members of __________.

• A) high schoolers; the college community
• B) the upper class; the college community
• C) the middle class; the upper class
• D) the middle class; minority groups

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Definitions:

Top-down Processing

An approach to perception where prior knowledge, expectations, or experience drives the interpretation of sensory information.

Bottom-up Processing

A type of information processing that begins with sensory input and builds up to the formation of perception.

Ambiguous Figure

An image or drawing designed to offer more than one perceptual interpretation, often used in psychological tests to explore perception and cognitive processes.

Geons

Simple geometric figures, such as cubes, cylinders, and pyramids, that can be combined to create all other shapes. An early (and crucial) step in some models of object recognition is determining which geons are present.