Clancy (1995) Found That People Who Believed That They Were

question 35

Multiple Choice

Clancy (1995) found that people who believed that they were abducted by space aliens:

• A)were suffering from severe psychiatric problems, such as schizophrenia.
• B)were actually less likely to have false memories in the DRM paradigm than other participants.
• C)came to believe that sleep-paralysis experiences were not dreams, but had really happened.
• D)invariably lying to get media attention.

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Definitions:

Linear Perspective

A method in art and design that depicts objects and scenes as they appear to the eye with diminishing size and converging lines for depth and proportion.

Convergence

The coming together of various factors or phenomena to produce a combined effect, or the ability of the eyes to simultaneously turn inward to focus on an object.

Perception

The process by which sensory information is interpreted and understood by the brain, leading to an awareness or understanding of the environment.

Bottom-up Processing

An approach to information processing based on incoming data from the environment to form a perception.