In a Survey About 9/11, Pollsters Found That the Percentage

question 78

Multiple Choice

In a survey about 9/11, pollsters found that the percentage of Americans aged 50 and over who believed that luck was the major reason there had not been another large attack since 9/11 was nearly double the percentage of Americans aged 18 to 29 who expressed the same belief. What is this an example of?

• A) ideology
• B) latent opinions
• C) cohort effects
• D) generational effects
• E) considerations

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Definitions:

Bottom-up Processing

A type of information processing based on incoming data from the environment to form a perception. It starts with the sensory input and ends with the brain's interpretation of this input.

Phi Phenomenon

The optical illusion of perceiving continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession.

Motion Parallax

A depth cue based on the relative velocities of objects moving across the observer's field of vision, implying perception of motion and depth.

Gestalt Principle

A theory in psychology that proposes the human brain organizes visual elements into groups or unified wholes when certain principles are applied, such as similarity, proximity, and continuity.