Exam 18: A: Vision and Perceptual Organization and Interpretation

Which of the following is a binocular cue for the perception of distance?

Mr. Watkins had been blind from birth. While corrective eye surgery enabled him to see, he was unable to visually distinguish a spoon from a key. This fact would serve to support the position advanced by

A floating ship is to the ocean water as ________ is to ________.

People are more likely to perceive a figure and ground illustration as reversible if they are told it is reversible. This best illustrates the importance of

The roll of feature detector cells in the processing of visual information was first demonstrated by

The iris constricts in response to visible ________ light waves.

Who emphasized that perceptions are learned through experience?

The ability to simultaneously recognize the color, shape, size, and speed of an oncoming automobile best illustrates

When most people stare at a red square and then shift their eyes to a white surface, the afterimage of the square is

The phenomenon of color constancy best demonstrates that

The most light-sensitive receptor cells are the

After suffering stroke damage to specific areas of her brain, Mrs. M. cannot visually perceive the motion of objects, though she can visually perceive their form, color, and depth. Her experience best illustrates the role of ________ in visual perception.

In the historical controversy over the dynamics of perception, ________ was to nature as ________ was to nurture.

The study of phenomena such as clairvoyance and telepathy is called

Perceptual adaptation refers to the

The impact of experience on perception is most clearly illustrated by

When you look at a vertical line, you are probably activating different ________ than when you look at a horizontal line.

On a cloudy day, a yellow flower is likely to appear ________ it does on a bright sunny day.

Although several students in the classroom are talking loudly, Jim's attention is focused on what his girlfriend is saying. In this instance, the girlfriend's voice is a

Feature detectors in the visual cortex pass visual information received from ganglion cells to other cortical areas where complex patterns are processed by