A General Approach That Explains Perception as the Pickup of Environmental

question 40

Multiple Choice

A general approach that explains perception as the pickup of environmental invariances that require little or no active interpretation is called ______.

• A)bottom-up processing
• B)top-down processing
• C)theory-driven processing
• D)direct perception

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Definitions:

Open-Mindedness

The state of being receptive to other ways of looking at things.

Divergent Thinking

A thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions.

Fixedness

A cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used.

Heuristics

Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb that simplify decision making and problem solving, although not always perfectly accurate.