Why Do People Tend to See Faces of Their Own

question 26

Multiple Choice

Why do people tend to see faces of their own race as more distinguishable and easier to recognize (i.e.,own-race identification bias) ?

• A) There is a deeper level of cognitive processing for individual characteristics.
• B) Racial characteristics are processed automatically.
• C) There is a deeper level of cognitive processing concerning racial characteristics.
• D) This bias occurs because faces of other races all tend to look alike.

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Definitions:

Voluntary Fixation

A consciously controlled process of stabilizing focus on a particular stationary or moving object.

EOG

Electrooculography, a technique for measuring the corneo-retinal standing potential that exists between the front and the back of the human eye.

Snellen Eye Chart

A chart used to measure visual acuity, consisting of rows of letters decreasing in size, which is read from a standard distance.

Ophthalmoscope

A medical device used by doctors to examine the inside of the eye, including the retina and the optic nerve.