Imagine you could show a line drawing of a telephone to someone who lived 200 years ago. You perceive a telephone, but they perceive just some lines and an unknown object. What best explains this difference in perception?

A. Their sensory experience of the drawing differs from yours.
B. Your bottom-up processing of the image differs.
C. Your top-down processing of the image differs.
D. Your sensory adaptation differs.


Answer: C

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