Imagine you are putting together a puzzle. The lid of the box comes with a picture of the completed puzzle, and you reference that while you are working. The picture on the lid is acting as a

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The picture on the lid is providing expectations and prior knowledge that is guiding the assembly of the puzzle. This is an example of top-down influence in perception, where higher-level cognitive processes (knowledge, expectations, context) shape and guide lower-level perceptual processing.

Imagine You Are Putting Together a Puzzle