Vanessa Describes a New Melody That She Heard at a Concert

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Multiple Choice

Vanessa describes a new melody that she heard at a concert by telling you each of the individual notes in the order that they were played. In providing this type of description, it appears that Vanessa processed the melody using

• A)top-down processing.
• B)figure-ground processing.
• C)opponent processes.
• D)bottom-up processing.

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Definitions:

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