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How are political views formed? Describe some of the key processes and factors through which individuals become politically socialized.How do external institutions such as families and groups,as well as personal experiences,come to shape individual opinions?
Top-Down Processes
Top-down processes in perception involve using contextual information and pre-existing knowledge to interpret sensory information.
Prototype-Matching Theory
A theory in cognition suggesting that object recognition is based on the comparison of the object to a prototype or the most typical instance of a particular category.
Gestalt Principles
Rules describing how humans naturally perceive objects as organized patterns and wholes, rather than separate components.
Context Effects
The influence that environmental factors or surrounding information can have on the perception, understanding, and memory of stimuli.
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