George Washington's Primary Goal as Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army

question 8

Multiple Choice

George Washington's primary goal as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army was to

• A) avoid decisive military losses.
• B) prevent British reinforcements from coming ashore.
• C) destroy the British army.
• D) secure financial aid from foreign sources.

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Definitions:

Geons

Simple geometric figures, such as cubes, cylinders, and pyramids, that can be combined to create all other shapes. An early (and crucial) step in some models of object recognition is determining which geons are present.

Top-down Processing

A cognitive process where understanding of information starts with the broader context or knowledge before incorporating details.

Bottom-up Processing

A type of information processing based on incoming data from the environment to form a perception, starting from the details and moving up to the whole.

Geon

Basic geometric ions considered as the fundamental building blocks for visual object recognition according to the recognition-by-components theory.