Answer:
1. This error can be traced to c. top-down processing.
Explanation:
When our brain uses top-down processing, it uses information, ideas and concepts that we already know as a starting point. From that point, the brain works down to more detailed information, taking in more sensory stimuli. This type of processing results from our expectations, beliefs, and even the context influencing our perceptions. That is precisely what happens in the situation described. Notice that your brain was influenced by the fact that you were walking by Chris's house. Because of that, it immediately jumped to the conclusion that the person you saw was Chris. Only a moment later did your brain take in more specific information from your senses (sensory stimuli), realizing then that the person was not Chris at all.
Answer:
c. top-down processing.
Explanation:
Top-down processing refers to perception that is driven by cognition which is as a result of the brain of the person applying what it knows in order to percieve what image it is seeing.
In the case of seeing someone who looked like Chris in front of his house despite not being the one, the error could be referred to as Top-down processing.
