Miyamoto and Colleagues Conducted a Study in Which Participants Viewed

question 212

Multiple Choice

Miyamoto and colleagues conducted a study in which participants viewed either photos of U.S.city scenes or Japanese city scenes,then were asked to detect differences between two similar pictures.The researchers found evidence that viewing Japanese city scenes

• A)primed holistic thinking style.
• B)was an ineffective way of priming thinking style.
• C)primed analytic thinking style.
• D)only primed holistic thinking in people with beliefs in Eastern philosophies.

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