alleryStart learning →Perception is described as involving both top-down processing and:
ACircular processing
BReverse processing
CBottom-up processing
DSideways processing
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Bottom-up processing
1. Interpretation draws on the incoming signal and on what the perceiver expects.
2. Perception involves both bottom-up and top-down processing.
3. Bottom-up starts from the raw sensory input arriving from the world.
4. Top-down brings knowledge and expectation to bear on that input.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'Sensation and Perception', sections 5.1-5.6_
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