Which of the Following Students' Statements Best Summarizes the Research

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which of the following students' statements best summarizes the research on face perception?

• A) Eduardo: "Faces are perceived in the same fashion as other similarly complex objects."
• B) Sarita: "We process faces in terms of their general structure; for other objects, we are more likely to process isolated features."
• C) Akiko: "We perceive faces in a more serial fashion, processing one feature at a time, for other objects, features are processed simultaneously."
• D) Nelson: "We process faces in a bottom-up fashion; we process other objects in a top-down fashion."

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Definitions:

Sociological Sense

The perspective or method of understanding human behavior and society based on sociological theories, concepts, and empirical evidence.

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