One of the themes of your textbook focuses on bottom-up and top-down processing. According to this theme,
a. the phrase "top-down processing" points out the importance of the information contained in the stimulus.
b. bottom-up processing is almost always more important than top-down processing.
c. top-down processing is more important in childhood, but bottom-up processing is more important in adulthood.
d. both top-down processing and bottom-up processing operate at the same time, so that our cognitive processes can operate efficiently.
Ans: d
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