Your Textbook Discussed in Some Detail a Study by Rueckl

question 24

Multiple Choice

Your textbook discussed in some detail a study by Rueckl and Oden (the "bears/beans" study) . These researchers manipulated both the features of a letter within a word and the context in which the word appeared. This study demonstrated that

• A) both bottom-up and top-down processing operate.
• B) under appropriate conditions, people only pay attention to distinctive features.
• C) sensory memory can be extended when a word appears in context.
• D) top-down processing almost always leads to more accurate pattern recognition.

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