What is the function of the sensory store?
a. It is a new website that sells sensory information.
b. It extends the amount of time we have to recognize a pattern for a fraction of a second after the event has happened.
c. It compiles our memories so that our most stimulating experiences are easiest to recall.
d. It keeps a permanent, exact impression of the physical energy that produced every experience we've ever had.
Question 2Sensory processing is to _____ as meaning-based processing is to _____.
a. top-down processing; bottom-up processing
b. bottom-up processing; top-down processing
c. lateral processing; lateral inhibition
d. lateral inhibition; lateral processing
Question 3When you use only sensory information to read/recognize a word, you are using
a. top-down processing. c. lateral processing.
b. bottom-up processing. d. None of these
Question 4Top down processing is
a. the use of pattern recognition in identifying objects.
b. the use of sensory information in identifying objects in the world.
c. the processing that occurs when you scan in information (e.g., a chair) by beginning at the top of the object and scanning downward.
d. the use of stored information to aid in processing sensory input.
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