Top-Down Processing Involves the ____

question 72

Multiple Choice

Top-down processing involves the ____.

• A)brain's use of incoming signals to construct perceptions
• B)brain tuning into select information
• C)brain's ability to integrate several stimuli simultaneously
• D)brain imposing its own structure on incoming information based on previous experience

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Definitions:

Lawrence Kohlberg

An American psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development.

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Cost-benefit Analysis

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