When a personnel director uses tests and interviews to select the best candidate for the job, this selection process is illustrating the psychological goal of prediction

Assessing competence to stand trial usually begins with

a. a detailed analysis of records. b. an intelligence test. c. a mental status examination. d. projective personality testing.

Biederman's recognition by components theory states that objects are recognized on the basis of:

a. the activity in single-cell feature detectors b. top-down processing more than bottom-up processing c. simple component forms called geons d. binocular disparity information