Psychology SL
Psychology SL
9
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Unit 1 - Research Methodology
Unit 1 - Research Methodology
Unit 2 - Biological Approach To Behaviour
Unit 2 - Biological Approach To Behaviour
Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour
Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour
Unit 4 - Sociocultural Approach To Behaviour
Unit 4 - Sociocultural Approach To Behaviour
Unit 6 - Health psychology
Unit 6 - Health psychology
Unit 7 - Pyschology Of Human Relationships
Unit 7 - Pyschology Of Human Relationships
Unit 8 - Developmental psychology
Unit 8 - Developmental psychology
Unit 9 - Internal Assessment
Unit 9 - Internal Assessment
Unit 10 - The IB Curriculum - A Conceptual Model
Unit 10 - The IB Curriculum - A Conceptual Model
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Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour
Psychology SL
Psychology SL

Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour

Understanding Bottom-Up Vs. Top-Down Processing In Cognition

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Schemas

Let's imagine you are at a party. There's music, people, and food. You know the drill, right? That's because you have a schema - a mental framework that helps you understand and interpret information. It's like a blueprint of knowledge that guides us in our interactions with the world.

Bottom-up processing

Think of this as being a detective. You gather all the clues (data) first, without any preconceived notions. Your perception is purely based on the reality presented to you. Like enjoying a new type of food at the party without knowing what ingredients it has.

Top-down processing

This time, you're more like a fortune teller. Your prior knowledge (schemas) acts as a lens for processing information. It's like guessing the ingredients of a dish at the party because you've tasted something similar before.

 

A fantastic example of top-down processing is the Rat Man experiment by Bugelski and Alampay (1961). Participants were shown ambiguous images after viewing a series of drawings of either animals or faces. Depending on what they saw first, they were more likely to interpret the ambiguous picture as a rat or a man wearing glasses. Their previous experience influenced their interpretation!

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Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour
Psychology SL
Psychology SL

Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour

Understanding Bottom-Up Vs. Top-Down Processing In Cognition

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519 words
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3 mins read
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Last edited on 14th Jun 2024

Table of content

Schemas

Let's imagine you are at a party. There's music, people, and food. You know the drill, right? That's because you have a schema - a mental framework that helps you understand and interpret information. It's like a blueprint of knowledge that guides us in our interactions with the world.

Bottom-up processing

Think of this as being a detective. You gather all the clues (data) first, without any preconceived notions. Your perception is purely based on the reality presented to you. Like enjoying a new type of food at the party without knowing what ingredients it has.

Top-down processing

This time, you're more like a fortune teller. Your prior knowledge (schemas) acts as a lens for processing information. It's like guessing the ingredients of a dish at the party because you've tasted something similar before.

 

A fantastic example of top-down processing is the Rat Man experiment by Bugelski and Alampay (1961). Participants were shown ambiguous images after viewing a series of drawings of either animals or faces. Depending on what they saw first, they were more likely to interpret the ambiguous picture as a rat or a man wearing glasses. Their previous experience influenced their interpretation!

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