The fact that our preconceived ideas contribute to our ability to process new information best illustrates the importance of

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Our preconceived ideas or existing knowledge influences how we encode and interpret new information. This highlights the role of meaning in encoding, as our prior knowledge helps us organize and make sense of new information. The other options (serial position effect, iconic memory, and long-term potentiation) do not directly relate to the impact of preconceived ideas on information processing.

The Fact That Our Preconceived Ideas Contribute to Our Ability