​What Is Meant by a "Bottom-Up" Process in Attention

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Multiple Choice

​What is meant by a "bottom-up" process in attention?

• A)You start by looking at the bottom half of something.
• B)​You decide to shift your attention from one item to another.
• C)​Some stimulus automatically grabs your attention.
• D)​Your attention shifts slowly, one step at a time.

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Definitions:

Shaping Successive Approximations

A behavior modification technique that reinforces behaviors progressively closer to the desired behavior, used effectively in both humans and animals.

Skinner Box

An experimental apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for studying behavioral conditioning in animals, particularly with reinforcements.

Shaping

A method of training or teaching by which successive approximations toward a desired behavior are reinforced.

Reinforcer

Any stimulus that increases the likelihood that a preceding behavior will occur again.