MCAT Behavioral Sciences Question 113: Answer and Explanation

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Question: 113

8. After sitting in a lecture, determining that a professor is a bad teacher based on their unprofessional attire and monotone speech is an example of which type of processing?

  • A. Knowledge route processing
  • B. Adaptive route processing
  • C. Central route processing
  • D. Peripheral route processing

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Peripheral route processing deals with processing information that is not based on content, but instead on superficial parameters such as boring speech patterns or appearance of the speaker. Central route processing, choice (C), is the processing of information through analysis of its content.

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