What kind of processing is exemplified by the following scenario? esther’s mother offers her a new dish she’s been working on―a raisin-jalapeno quiche. esther’s body responds first: esther eyes the content of the skillet, and smells the mix of raisins, jalapenos, and eggs. her stomach churns and she looks away. feeling disgust and disappointment, she says “i’m not hungry.”
(a) bottom-up
(b) sensory adaptation
(c) top-down
(d) vertical-horizontal

The correct answer is A) bottom-up.

The kind of processing that is exemplified by the following scenario is bottom-up processing.

This is the scenario: Esther’s mother offers her a new dish she’s been working on―a raisin-jalapeno quiche. Esther’s body responds first: Esther eyes the content of the skillet, and smells the mix of raisins, jalapenos, and eggs. Her stomach churns and she looks away. Feeling disgusted and disappointment, she says “I’m not hungry.”

When we are talking about bottom-up processing, we are referring to one of the two processes implicated in perception. The other one is Top-down. Bottom-up means processing sensory information as it is coming into the mind. If you see something very quickly and disappears, your eyes send the image to your brain and it starts to build up the necessary information so you can have a picture of what you saw.

intimacy, passion and commitment are the components of a interpersonal relationship emphasized in the triangular theory of love by robert sternberg.

the triangular theory of love says love can be comprehend as this componest form the vertices of a triangle.  

intimacy relates to feelings such as of closeness and connection;

passion relates the drives that brings people together, as physical attraction.

commitment relates to the being in a long-term relationship.