Researchers Using Eye-Tracking Equipment Monitored the Eyemovements of U

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Multiple Choice

Researchers using eye-tracking equipment monitored the eyemovements of U.S. and Chinese students while they looked at similar photos that showed a single focal object against arealistic, complex background. The results, presented in the Culture and Human Behavior box "Ways of Seeing," showed that:

• A)compared to the U.S.students, the Chinese students used a more holistic perceptual style and tended to see and remember object and background as a single perceptual image.
• B)the Chinese students looked sooner and longer at the focal object in the foreground than the U.S.students.
• C)compared to the Chinese students, the U.S.students used a more holistic perceptual style and tended to see and remember object and background as a single perceptual image.
• D)the Chinese students showed greater brain activation while making relative judgments and the U.S.students showed greater brain activity while making absolute judgments.

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