The dentist was able to move quickly to save the patient's tooth.He has seen this constellation of symptoms before,symptoms that relate to jaw trauma following a car accident,therefore he did not have to take time to analyze each component.The dentist's assessment is an example of:
A)perceptual consistency.
B)top-down processing.
C)bottom-up processing.
D)perceptual expectancy.

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The dentist's ability to quickly diagnose the problem without analyzing each component indicates the use of top-down processing, which involves using pre-existing knowledge and expectations to make sense of new information.

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