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Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing

Sensation and Perception

9th Grade·Social Studies·US-IL-SS

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Contrast data-driven bottom-up processing with expectation-driven top-down processing in perception.

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Sensation and Perception

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-IL-SS

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Explain how physical stimuli are transduced into neural signals and organized into meaningful perceptual interpretations.

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SS.Psy.5.9-12Illinois Social Studies Standards · All ages

Evaluate the complexities of human thought and behavior, as well as the factors related to the individual differences among people.