At the End of the Discussion on the Nature of Mental

question 74

Multiple Choice

At the end of the discussion on the nature of mental images,your textbook re-examines the analog viewpoint and the propositional viewpoint,in light of the accumulated research.According to this discussion,

• A)the two viewpoints are incompatible; researchers can support either perspective,but not both.
• B)most mental imagery tasks seem to use an analog code,but some mental imagery tasks seem to use a propositional code.
• C)the propositional viewpoint argues that people do not experience actual mental images.
• D)the analog viewpoint is supported by the observation that people cannot re-examine a mental image and provide a new interpretation of that image.

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