You are shown a picture of your grandfather's face, but the eyes and mouth are blocked out. you still recognize it as a picture of your grandfather. which type of processing best explains this example of perception?

A) bottom-up processing
B) signal detection theory
C) top-down processing
D) opponent- process theory
E) Gestalt replacement theory


Ans: C) top-down processing

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