What If Perception Occurred Only Through Bottom-Up Processing

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Essay

What if perception occurred only through bottom-up processing.Explain what implications this would have for how we deal with our world.

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Definitions:

Vivid

Vivid is often used to describe memories or descriptions that are so clear and strong that they seem real, producing a feeling of being experienced again.

Flashbulb Memory

Highly detailed, exceptionally vivid 'snapshot' of the moment and circumstances in which a piece of surprising and consequential (or emotionally arousing) news was heard.

Source Misattribution

A memory error where a person is unable to remember the correct source of a memory, such as recalling a dream as an actual event.

Serial-Position Effect

The tendency for recall of the first and last items on a list to surpass recall of items in the middle of the list.