Dave Was Driving Down the Highway When He Saw Something

question 125

Multiple Choice

Dave was driving down the highway when he saw something up ahead in the road. At first he thought it was an animal, but it turned out to be a ladder. Dave's initial perception of the animal is most likely due to ____.

• A) bottom-up perceptual processing
• B) top-down perceptual processing
• C) closure
• D) good-continuation

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