Top down and Bottom Down processing Flashcards
1
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External stimuli can be processed in two ways (perception analysis)
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Top down and bottom up processing
2
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what is top down (concept based)
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perception analysis that uses high level cognitive process (long term stored knowledge and expereince, social norms, motivations, etc) to identify objects and events and give them a meaning
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3
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what is down up (data based) processing
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using raw/outside data sensed by our sensory organs which transmits signals to the brain to (
