Making sense of a word written in faded scribble by first naming each letter is an example of __________
A) signal detection.
B) top-down processing.
C) bottom-up processing.
D) feature detection.

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Bottom-up processing involves analyzing individual elements of a stimulus and building a complete perception from those individual pieces. In this example, naming each letter is a process of analyzing the individual elements of the word in order to build a complete understanding of the word.

Making Sense of a Word Written in Faded Scribble by First