Top-down processing is defined as the development of pattern recognition through the use of contextual information.
At the time, the chief steward hadnât yet learned of the Titanicâs fate, so he wasnât even on the lookout for icebergs. He simply spotted a streak of red paint along the icebergâs base, which most likely meant a ship had collided with it in the last 12 hours.
The Titanic, which struck an iceberg at 11.40 p.m. ship's time on April 14, sank just over two hours later with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. The crew of the Hamburg America Line liner was unaware of the terrible event when they saw the iceberg, according to the document. âOn the day after the sinking of the Titanic, the steamer Prinz Adalbert passes the iceberg shown in this photograph,â it says. âThe Titanic disaster was not yet known by us.