Bence is camping with his Grade 5 class and hears a ghost story about the Stick Monster in the woods.The beast is made out of sticks and it snaps children's bones like twigs.On his way back to his tent,Bence can't help but notice all the sticks and twigs poking at him along the narrow path.Finally,he screams with certainty that the Stick Monster has grabbed him.Bence's belief that the Stick Monster has him is best described as:
A) sensory adaptation
B) bottom-up processing
C) a perceptual set
D) transduction

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Bence's belief in the existence of the Stick Monster is a result of his perceptual set, which is the framework of beliefs and expectations that influence how we perceive sensory information. Bence's prior knowledge of the Stick Monster, from the story he heard earlier, has influenced his perception of the sticks and twigs as the monster snatching at him. Sensory adaptation refers to the decrease in sensitivity to a constant or repetitive stimulus, which is not applicable in this scenario. Bottom-up processing is the analysis of sensory information starting from the individual building blocks and assembling them into a cohesive whole, which also does not apply here. Transduction refers to the conversion of sensory signals into neural impulses, which is not relevant to Bence's belief in the Stick Monster.

Bence Is Camping with His Grade 5 Class and Hears