Which of the Following Is an Example of an Effect

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of an effect of top-down processing?

• A) Recognizing a crying friend's sounds as words in a sentence
• B) Seeing a flash of lightning in a thunderstorm
• C) Walking all around a car and always knowing it's a car
• D) Perceiving all of the birds in a flock as belonging together

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement in statistics that assumes there is no significant difference or effect in a given situation, until evidence proves otherwise.

Sample Size

The number of subjects included in a study, influencing the study's ability to reliably detect effects or differences.

Type I Error

The incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis, often referred to as a "false positive."

Type II Error

A statistical mistake that occurs when a test fails to reject a false null hypothesis.