Exam 5: Perceiving Objects and Scenes

 Tong et al. (1998) used binocular rivalry to test brain responses when the person perceived a house or a face. When the person perceived the house, activity in the _____.

 Border ownership means that when figure-ground segregation occurs, the border between the figure and background _____.

 When Palmer (1975) showed observers a kitchen scene and then a target picture, which picture was identified correctly 80% of the time

 Gestalt psychologists used the example of illusory contours to support the claim that _____.

 Corey looks at a flock of seagulls flying in one direction, when suddenly, five of the seagulls start flying in another direction. He now perceives two groups of birds, because of the Gestalt principle of _____.

 The principle of _____ can account for grouping of stimuli that share orientation, shape, and/or size.

 State, define, and give an example (in words and/or drawings) for each of five Gestalt principles of perceptual organization.

 The ability to recognize faces, including identifying expressions, is not fully developed until approximately _____.

 Humans use the _____ to distinguish shape from shading.

 The demonstration of apparent movement provides support for the Gestalt approach because _____.

 Sally recently looked at some visual illusions. In one reversible-image illusion, she saw a vase in the middle of a blue box. What is Sally most likely to remember about this illusion

 Wundt is to _____ as Wertheimer is to _____.

 Name and describe five "global image features".

 A masking stimulus is primarily used to _____.

 Structuralists would be most likely to endorse which of the following statements

 Explain how grouping and segregation work together to organize perception.

 Describe two image-based factors that determine what area is seen as "figure" in an image with reversible figure-ground. Draw an example that demonstrates each factor.

 The _____ decoder is intended to discriminate between different categories of images, such as outdoor scenes and portraits.

 The preferential looking technique showed that infants as young as _____ will look at their mother's face than a stranger's face.

 Humans need approximately _____ to perceive the gist of a scene.