8.3 Role of Perception

Question 1

Perception

Answer 1

Process by which we interpret and give meaning to sensory information

Question 2

Top-down processing:

Answer 2

Mental process that starts at the top with the higher level processing, then works down from the whole to details
- previous experience and expectations are first used to recognize stimuli.

Question 3

Bottom-up processing

Answer 3

Sensing basic features of stimuli and integrate them into mental processes