While Engaged in a Battle During the War in the Persian

question 249

Multiple Choice

While engaged in a battle during the war in the Persian Gulf, crewmen operating the radar systems on the Vincennes mistakenly interpreted a commercial airliner as a threatening military aircraft and shot it down, tragically killing all the passengers aboard. This incident was discussed as an example of:

• A) a perceptual set.
• B) a perceptual schema.
• C) stress-induced analgesia.
• D) a perceptual constancy.

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