Participants in an experiment are shown images for two seconds, then asked to describe what they saw in each image. When describing the image of a clown, a majority of participants said they saw him wearing a brightly colored wig. In the image shown, the clown was bald. What explains the participants' misperception of this image?
A. Top-down perceptual processing
B. Feature detection processing
C. Bottom-up perceptual processing
D. Gestalt perceptual processing
Answer: A
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