| Q: | The brain of a small primate is studied as it evaluates the photograph o giraffe. It is noted that this animal makes an impression of the photograph as a whole and then begins to focus on smaller details within the photograph as part of its assessment. This type of process can be referred to as: |
| A |
| top-down processing. |
| B |
| bottom-up processing. |
| C |
| Gestalt principles. |
| D |
| constancy. |
The correct answer is A. This question should be pretty straightforward and self-explanatory. Top-down refers to first looking at the bigger picture and then at smaller details, which is what is happening here. Bottom-up would be the opposite. C and D are irrelevant. Gestalt principles are the idea that perception is based on pattern recognition to make sense of a chaotic world, and constancy is the idea that familiar objects have standardized features regardless of the specific environment in which they are viewed.