Having Prior Knowledge About a Situation Can Influence How We

question 48

Multiple Choice

Having prior knowledge about a situation can influence how we construe ambiguous situations.This is a result of a heavy reliance on

• A) bottom-up processing.
• B) top-down processing.
• C) pluralistic ignorance.
• D) the recency effect.

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Definitions:

Crystallins

Water-soluble proteins found in the lens of the eye which are responsible for maintaining lens transparency and refractive properties.

Gene Recruitment

The evolutionary process by which a gene acquires a new function.

Complex Adaptation

A complex adaptation is a suite of coexpressed traits that together experience selection for a common function. Phenotypes are considered complex when they are influenced by many environmental and genetic factors and when multiple components must be expressed together for the trait to function.