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The approach to perception, in considering how we perceive a shape, pattern, object, or scene, proposes that we first react to the individual elements that make it up.
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Treisman suggests that the perception of objects is best understood in terms of a two-stage process. In the , we focus on the physical features of a stimulus, such as its size, shape, color, orientation, or direction of movement, while in the , we pay attention to particular features of an object, choosing and emphasizing features that were initially considered separately.
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Even though top-down processing allows us to fill in the gaps in ambiguous and out-of-context stimuli, we would be unable to perceive the meaning of such stimuli without .
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It should be apparent that top-down and bottom-up processing occur , and interact with each other, in our perception of the world around us.
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is a phenomenon in which physical objects are perceived as unvarying and consistent, despite changes in their appearance or in the physical environment.
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refers to the perception of messages about which we have no awareness.





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