Exam 3: Perception

A stimulus in the environment is to _____ as a stimulus in our mind is to _____.

_____ is a key component of Gestalt approaches to perception.

Compare and contrast the dorsal stream and the ventral stream, giving an example of how each would be used in the everyday environment.

You see a kitten's head poking out of a box. You assume that there is, in fact, an entire cat in the box even though you cannot see it. This is because of _____.

Which scenario is an example of sensing, but not perceiving a stimulus?

You are walking down the street in New York City, and you hear some loud bangs and feel a slight vibration under your feet. According to the likelihood principle, what would you assume caused the vibration?

The theory of unconscious inference is based on the use of cues such as linear perception and retinal image size in object perception.

The ventral pathway is to _____ as the dorsal pathway is to _____.

If you were to hold a pen in each hand, with one[ok or at?] 5 inches from your face and the other at arm's length, the one closer to your face will look larger, even though they are the same size. This is based on cues from _____.

Top-down processing is a key component in Gestalt approaches to perception.

Sound waves are to _____ as light waves are to _____.

A neuropsychological discovery that provided support for the link between perception and action was the discovery of _____.

You are waiting at a train crossing, and you notice how the "STOP" sign appears to blink in a way that the lights rotate around the words. Using the principle of _____, you rationalize that each light must turn on and off in a pattern, rather than one light travelling around the sign.

Our skin is one of our sense organs.

There is an area near the occipital lobe that has been shown to become[ok or be?]active when motion stimuli are perceived, and when the direction of an object's movement is accurately detected. This is known as the _____.

Using the ideas of top-down and bottom-up processing, describe a recent event in your life and how you used each of these processes throughout the event.

A(n) _____ processes the sensations coming into each sense organ that allows us to understand and interpret the sensations we receive.

An example of top-down processing is sensing that a person is approaching you.

Broca's area is located in the _____, while Wernicke's area is located in the _____.

The _____ helps us detect the movement of stimuli.