You and a Friend Are Looking at Clouds

question 412

Multiple Choice

You and a friend are looking at clouds. Your friend thinks that one cloud looks exactly like a dog. You look at it and agree. Your perception is due to _______, which works by _______.

• A)contrast effects; depth perception
• B)a figure-ground reversal; opponent processing
• C)similarity comparison; bottom-up processing
• D)bottom-up processing; feature analysis
• E)a perceptual schema; top-down processing

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