Davenport and Potter (2004) Conducted a Study in Which Participants

Multiple Choice

Davenport and Potter (2004) conducted a study in which participants viewed photos of scenes, presented for only 80 msec, with foreground objects that were either consistent or inconsistent with the scene. Results from the study suggested that:

A) the gist of a scene and the objects within the scene are processed together.
B) accuracy in identifying the object was better when object and scene were inconsistent.
C) accuracy in identifying the scene was better when object and scene were inconsistent.
D) the gist of a scene comes before the object within the scene.