While walking down the street, you think you see someone who from a distance looks like one of your best friends. You get ready to greet her but when she gets closer, you realize that she isn't the person you thought she was. In this example, your initial perceptual impression was most similar to:

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Your initial perceptual impression was most similar to a hypothesis because you formed an expectation or prediction about the identity of the person based on limited information, which was then tested and corrected as more information became available.

While Walking Down the Street, You Think You See Someone