Question

Berdine has developed cataracts in both eyes, preventing her from being able to identify even her mother's face. Berdine most clearly is deficient in __________. Group of answer choices bottom-up processing sensory adaptation perceptual expectancy (set) top-down processing

Answer 1

Answer: A) bottom-up processing

Explanation: Bottom-up processing simply refers to the processing of sensory data or information as it's being received be the sensory organs.

For instance, when an image is being show to an individual, the eyes sees it and the brain picks up the signals to bring together all the pieces of information. Information like; it has stripes, has four legs, has a tail, has a face, has long canine teeth and then the image is recognised that

Oh it's a Tiger.

Berdine developed cataract in both eyes preventing her to even see the face of her mother in the first place before the brain could bring together the different imagery information and recognise her mother's face, so Berdine is clearly deficient in bottom-up processing of sensory information.