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Top-down processing — AQA GCSE Psychology Definition

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Top-down processing

GCSE Psychology · key term

Top-down processing

Definition

Using existing knowledge and expectations to interpret incoming sensory information.

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AQA GCSE Psychology · 8182

Paper 1

Revise: Gregory's Constructivist Theory

AQA Psychology past papers

Related key terms

Constructivist theory
Inference
Mistaken hypothesis
Nurture
Perception

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