Which of the following is an example of an effect of top-down processing?
A. Recognizing a crying friend's sounds as words in a sentence
B. Seeing a flash of lightning in a thunderstorm
C. Walking all around a car and always knowing it's a car
D. Perceiving all of the birds in a flock as belonging together
Answer: A
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