Our Thoughts Seem to Be Embedded in a Context That

question 28

Multiple Choice

Our thoughts seem to be embedded in a context that is usually not noticed yet serves to define and guide the thoughts.Which of the following seems NOT to be an example of this sort of context?

• A)Discovery based on mental imagery is influenced by the perceptual reference frame for the image.
• B)Decisions are guided by how the decision is framed.
• C)In a selective attention experiment,you're unlikely to understand the meaning of the message on the unattended channel.
• D)Your perception of a word will depend on how you've been primed,whether you remember the primes or not.

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Definitions:

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, typically the mean, median, or mode.

Summarizing Data

The process of reducing data to a more comprehensible and concise form, often highlighting the main points or findings.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.

Variation

The occurrence of differences in characteristics, traits, or outcomes among individuals within a population, group, or process.