The Underlying Mechanism for Perceptual Expectancies Is

question 743

Multiple Choice

The underlying mechanism for perceptual expectancies is

• A)a misleading perception that distorts or misjudges a stimulus.
• B)top-down processing.
• C)the organization of perception by beginning with low-level features.
• D)bottom-up processing.

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