PLEASE CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE ANSWER:
After school,Jeri spends hours talking to her friends on the phone. As she
walks in the door one day,she hears
the phone ring and yells to her mother,
"It's for me!" Jeri interprets the
ringing sensation using ___________ in
jumping to the conclusion that the call is for her.
1.top-down processing
2.closure and consistency
3.percaptual consistency
4.stimulus-driven processing
I am thinking the correct answer is (number 4)stimulus-driven processing.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I think your are correct. Pavlov's dog could have done the same thing.
Actually, the correct answer is (number 1) top-down processing.
Top-down processing refers to the way our brains use pre-existing knowledge, expectations, and context to interpret sensory information and make sense of our experiences. In this scenario, Jeri's previous experience of spending hours talking to her friends on the phone after school leads her to immediately interpret the ringing sensation as a call for her.
Stimulus-driven processing, on the other hand, refers to the processing of sensory information primarily driven by external stimuli without much influence from prior knowledge or expectations. In this scenario, Jeri's interpretation is influenced by her previous experiences and expectations, rather than solely by the ringing sound.
So, the correct answer is top-down processing.