Assume There Are Nine Voters in a Certain Small Town

question 98

Multiple Choice

Assume there are nine voters in a certain small town and let x stand for the preferred number of dollars spent per person per month on garbage collection. For Voters 1, 2, and 3, x = $10; for Voter 4, x = $15; for Voter 5, x = $18; and for Voters 6, 7, 8 and 9, x = $20. Based on these preferences, which of these dollar amounts will win over any one of the others?

• A)$10.
• B)$15.
• C)$18
• D)$20.

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Definitions:

Parallel Processing

The ability of the brain to simultaneously process incoming stimuli of differing quality, a part of cognitive function that enables efficient multitasking.

Cocktail Party Effect

This describes the human ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when listening to a single conversation in a crowded room.

Change Blindness

A perceptual phenomenon where a change in a visual stimulus goes unnoticed by the observer.

Sequential Processing

A method of processing information in a linear, ordered manner, where one step follows another in a sequence.