In the context of the study by Masuda and Nisbett on attention involving American and Japanese students,people in Western cultures tend to engage in context-independent and _____ processes by focusing on a salient object (or person)independently from the context in which it is embedded.
A)holistic perceptual
B)naturalistic perceptual
C)analytic perceptual
D)scientific perceptual

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According to the study by Masuda and Nisbett, people in Western cultures tend to engage in context-independent and analytic perceptual processes. This means that they focus on salient objects independently from the context in which it is embedded by breaking it down into component parts and analyzing them separately. This is different from holistic perceptual processes, which involve perceiving the whole picture and the relationships between the parts. Naturalistic and scientific perceptual processes are not relevant to the study's findings.

In the Context of the Study by Masuda and Nisbett