Which of the following illustrates a bottom-up processing strategy?
a) Knowing cats have tails, Bobby looked for other cat-like features when he saw a tail in the picture.
b) Animals have tails, there is a tail on the shape in the picture, therefore it is an animal.
c) Bobby looked at each part of the drawing to see how they could fit together to make something recognizable.
d) Bobby's cat is yellow; the animal-like shape in the picture is yellow, so he knows it is a cat.
Answer: c
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