Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blurry. Even so, he is sure it says "Pop Quiz!" because he knows that there are pop quizzes in the class and he can read the "P" and the "Q". What allows him to read the board
A) bottom-up processing
B) oblique processing
C) top-down processing
D) compression

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Top-down processing allows Justin to make a prediction or use his prior knowledge that there may be a pop quiz, and then use his limited visual information to confirm this prediction based on recognizing the letters "P" and "Q". This is opposed to bottom-up processing, which involves interpreting information solely based on the incoming sensory data, and oblique processing and compression are not relevant to this scenario.

Justin Forgot to Wear His Glasses to Class So the Writing