Sammy is a little boy who was born and raised in a large city. When his parents sent him to summer camp at the age of five, Sammy had never been in the country before or seen animals other than on TV. While driving through the countryside on the way to camp, Sammy saw an animal off in the distance. He noticed the four legs, the long tail, and long mane and decided it must be a horse. Sammy was primarily using _.

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Sammy was using bottom-up processing, as he was relying on the sensory input (the visual features of the animal) to identify it as a horse, rather than using prior knowledge or expectations.

Sammy Is a Little Boy Who Was Born and Raised