After Listening to a Weather Forecast Predicting a Storm, John

question 71

Multiple Choice

After listening to a weather forecast predicting a storm, John perceives the sound made by a slammed car door as thunder, which BEST illustrates _____.

• A) bottom-up processing
• B) top-down processing
• C) contextual effects
• D) None of these.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.