8.3 Role of perception Flashcards
1
Q
What is perception?
A
Process by which meaning is given to incoming sensory information
2
Q
What is top-down processing?
A
A perceptual process that starts ‘at the top’ with higher level ‘cognitive
processing’ in the brain and then works ‘down’ from the whole to the details
3
Q
What is Bottom-up processing?
A
The perceptual process starts ‘at the bottom’ with raw sensory information that is sent ‘up’ to the brain for higher level mental ‘processing’
