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 was only built to stay afloat with four compartments flooded. It is thought that had Titanic hit the iceberg head on, it would have stayed afloat. Within 2 Â½ hours, Titanic disappeared below the waves, taking the lives of approximately 1,517 persons. Another weather theory has also recently appeared. A British historian, by the name of Maltin, theorizes that the Titanic might have hit the fatal iceberg because of a rare weather condition which created a âfake horizon,â leaving the crew unaware of the threat until it was too late.