Based on the metaphor for Richard Nisbett's views involving Confucius's worthy picture, what is his analysis regarding the thought process or perceptual process of Westerners?
A) Westerners can provide great details about central figures but see relatively little in the background.
B) Westerners observe things sequentially, thus fail to comprehend the larger picture.
C) Westerners are good at observing details but fail to comprehend the central message.
D) Westerners prefer larger than life figures to convey messages.
E) Westerners can report details about the background and foreground.

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Westerners tend to focus on central objects or figures in a scene, often at the expense of contextual or background information. This is in contrast to East Asian cultures, where there's typically more emphasis on context and relationships between objects.

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