People tend to fixate first on high contrast or unique (relative to the surrounding area) points in a visual scene. This is a result of _____ and is a _____ process.
A) stimulus salience; top-down
B) stimulus salience; bottom-up
C) the spotlight effect; top-down
D) the spotlight effect; bi-directional

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The given statement refers to the concept of stimulus salience, which is a bottom-up process of attending to visual stimuli based on their physical properties such as contrast, brightness, and color. The other options of the spotlight effect and top-down processing are not relevant to the given statement.

People Tend to Fixate First on High Contrast or Unique