Week 6 Exercise

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            Because I want to work in the field of surfing mainly, or extreme sports, I found this picture that I think expresses the perfect example of top – down processing. Top – down visual processing is that act of looking at objects and having a goal in mind, and focusing with a lot of attention to detail. Our eyes are moving extremely rapidly, also known as fixations or saccades, over certain spots where we need to focus most. In my picture above, it is a collapsible surfboard that can be put together and taken apart. I thought this image was perfect because the ultimate goal here is to put it together, so our mind is focusing on all the certain parts of the board individually, but also processing it as a whole surfboard to figure our the final result. In other words, we are looking ahead in our mind and seeing the finished surfboard, but actually looking at all the separate pieces in reality. So for example with this picture, I began looking at the fins, then the pole at the bottom left, and also the finished product in the back, and as I am looking at all these different parts, I am visualizing the final product in my mind and all the steps I will have to take to get there.