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.
Image: Shutterstock. It wasnât a single factor that sent Titanic to the bottom of the ocean, it was a chain of them. One hundred years ago, the ship that had been called âvirtually unsinkableâ struck an iceberg and sank within three hours, taking many of her passengers and crew with her. History is clear enough on this point, but a mystery follows- how did the Titanic strike the iceberg in the first place?