Using the Image on the Box,Tovah Is Putting Together a Jigsaw

question 2

Multiple Choice

Using the image on the box,Tovah is putting together a jigsaw puzzle.The picture of the completed puzzle allows her to guess how and where the pieces fit.We can refer to Tovah's interpretation of individual pieces in light of the expectation created by the box picture as

• A) top-down processing.
• B) bottom-up processing.
• C) selective attention.
• D) perceptual organization.

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