You Are Shown an Odd-Looking Image and Asked to Identify

question 21

Multiple Choice

You are shown an odd-looking image and asked to identify it. According to our knowledge of object recognition, your first step would be gathering the raw data, and the second would be

• A) memorizing the data.
• B) ignoring the irrelevant data.
• C) interpreting the data.
• D) suppressing the data.

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

A cognitive bias that involves overestimating the effect of personality or disposition and underestimating the effect of situational factors when interpreting the behaviors of others.

Defensive Attribution

A psychological process by which individuals tend to attribute more blame to victims and less to perpetrators when they see themselves as similar to the victim.

Behavioral Tendency

An inclination or predisposition of an individual to exhibit certain patterns of behavior.

Intuition

The ability to understand or know something immediately, without conscious reasoning.