A Computer Device Is Capable of Recognizing Handwritten Zip Codes

question 107

Multiple Choice

A computer device is capable of recognizing handwritten zip codes by examining particular features of lines and their various combinations. It excites processing units that match the combinations and inhibits those that do not. What could this pattern recognition device be described as?

• A) one that operates as a one-step process
• B) one that depends on trilevel processing
• C) one that depends on bottom-up processing
• D) one that makes important use of context effects

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Definitions:

Need Hierarchy

A theory of motivation proposed by Abraham Maslow, suggesting that people are motivated by a hierarchy of needs starting from basic physical requirements up to higher needs like self-actualization.

Progression Hypothesis

The concept that suggests an individual's needs or motivations follow a specific order or progression, similar to Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Empirical Hypothesis

A proposition that can be tested through observation and experiments to determine its validity.

Scientific Management

A theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows, aiming to improve economic efficiency, especially labor productivity, by systematic study of work methods.