According to the passage, which mental process chiefly shapes what human…
2010
According to the passage, which mental process chiefly shapes what human beings perceive?
Answer: B. Preparation of mental images — CONCEPTIn literal comprehension, resolve an ambiguous phrase by using the passage’s explicit definitions and causal statements. The best option must match…
- A.
Observation of things
- B.
Preparation of mental images
- C.
Expression through language
- D.
To gain knowledge
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Correct answer: B
CONCEPT
In literal comprehension, resolve an ambiguous phrase by using the passage’s explicit definitions and causal statements. The best option must match both the category asked for and the relation the author actually states.
APPLICATION
The passage defines a percept as direct observation through the senses and a concept as a mental image. It then states that people develop different mental images of reality and that concepts determine what an observer perceives. Therefore, the mental process shaping perception is the formation or preparation of mental images.
CONTRAST
Observation of things is the percept produced through the senses; it is the perceived input rather than the mental model that shapes later perception.
Expression through language supplies word symbols for things, experiences, and classes; it supports memory and classification but is not itself the concept described as a mental image.
Gaining knowledge is the broad purpose of studying Earth as a human habitat, not the specific mental process that the passage says determines perception.
CROSS-CHECK
The passage’s final causal statement provides the cross-check: concepts determine perception, and concepts are mental images derived from earlier percepts.
RESULT
Hence, the best-supported value is preparation of mental images.