Question 1

The region in the temporal lobe that receives input from the ventral visual pathway is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) the geon region 
B) the posterior parietal 
C) the inferotemporal area 
D) the posterior cingulate gyrus 
A) the geon region 
B) the posterior parietal 
C) the inferotemporal area 
D) the posterior cingulate gyrus

Question 2

Figure-ground organization is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) the perceptual process by which figures become background and background ground becomes figure 
B) the experience viewers have as to which part of image is in front and which part of an image is in the background 
C) the organization of objects into discrete groups that are grounded in reality 
D) the process by which the brain eliminates the background of an image 
A) the perceptual process by which figures become background and background ground becomes figure 
B) the experience viewers have as to which part of image is in front and which part of an image is in the background 
C) the organization of objects into discrete groups that are grounded in reality 
D) the process by which the brain eliminates the background of an image

Question 3

The perception of a physically absent but inferred edge, allowing us to complete the perception of a partially hidden object, is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) edge completion 
B) edge illusion 
C) edge occlusion 
D) edge assessment 
A) edge completion 
B) edge illusion 
C) edge occlusion 
D) edge assessment

Question 4

You encounter four battery-powered toys moving in a small corral.Each toy is a made up of multiple parts: a car in which four figures are riding.All the parts for each toy are the same color, and each toy has its own distinct color.One toy is pink, one is blue, one is green, and one is red.Use gestalt laws of perceptual grouping to explain how your brain recognizes the figures that make each toy as a distinct whole.

Accepted Answer

The law of proximity, the law of similar

Question 5

V4 is an area of the brain involved in the recognition of specific faces for specific people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Compare and contrast the fusiform face area (FFA) and the occipital face area (OFA).Be sure to discuss at least one thing that they have in common and at least one way that they are different.

Accepted Answer

The FFA and the OFA are both areas withi

Question 7

Gestalt psychology is primarily concerned with answering which of the following questions?

Accepted Answer

A) How do we perceive the whole from grouping its parts? 
B) How do data travel through the brain? 
C) Why do people perceive stimuli differently? 
D) Why do our brains prefer complex figures to simple ones? 
A) How do we perceive the whole from grouping its parts? 
B) How do data travel through the brain? 
C) Why do people perceive stimuli differently? 
D) Why do our brains prefer complex figures to simple ones?

Question 8

Moscovitch and Moscovitch (2000) compared prosopagnosic patients and object-agnosic patients.What did they find?

Accepted Answer

A) There were no differences between the two patient types. 
B) Patients with object agnosia were normal at face recognition but showed deficits in object recognition.Prosopagnosic patients showed deficits in facial recognition but not object recognition. 
C) Object-agnosic patients show deficits in all stimuli, whereas the prosopagnosic agnostic patients showed deficits only in recognizing faces and had normal responses to all other stimuli. 
D) The prosopagnosic agnostic patients recovered more quickly than did the object-agnosic patients. 
A) There were no differences between the two patient types. 
B) Patients with object agnosia were normal at face recognition but showed deficits in object recognition.Prosopagnosic patients showed deficits in facial recognition but not object recognition. 
C) Object-agnosic patients show deficits in all stimuli, whereas the prosopagnosic agnostic patients showed deficits only in recognizing faces and had normal responses to all other stimuli. 
D) The prosopagnosic agnostic patients recovered more quickly than did the object-agnosic patients.

Question 9

Looser and Wheatley (2010) compared the responses of human brains to real faces and doll faces.What did they find?

Accepted Answer

A) The FFA initially responded to both real and doll faces. 
B) The FFA did not respond to the doll faces. 
C) The FFA responded similarly to both stimuli. 
D) The doll faces caused an exaggerated response in the FFA. 
A) The FFA initially responded to both real and doll faces. 
B) The FFA did not respond to the doll faces. 
C) The FFA responded similarly to both stimuli. 
D) The doll faces caused an exaggerated response in the FFA.

Question 10

What are geons?

Accepted Answer

A) viruses that affect visual perception 
B) objects that cannot be recognized 
C) basic units of objects 
D) neurons that code for object perception 
A) viruses that affect visual perception 
B) objects that cannot be recognized 
C) basic units of objects 
D) neurons that code for object perception

Question 11

An area of the occipital lobe involved in both color vision and shape perception is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) posterial parietal 
B) V4 
C) anterior cingulate 
D) MT 
A) posterial parietal 
B) V4 
C) anterior cingulate 
D) MT

Question 12

Identifying a new style of bicycle as a bicycle requires the viewer to overcome an environmental obstacle known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) variable views 
B) object variety 
C) image clutter 
D) viewpoint invariance 
A) variable views 
B) object variety 
C) image clutter 
D) viewpoint invariance

Question 13

Grouping and segregation are processes in perceptual organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which gestalt grouping law states that elements that are close together tend to be perceived as a unified group?

Accepted Answer

A) law of proximity 
B) law of similarity 
C) law of symmetry 
D) law of common fate 
A) law of proximity 
B) law of similarity 
C) law of symmetry 
D) law of common fate

Question 15

Looser and Wheatley (2010) pointed out that all human minds have faces, but not all faces have human minds.Which of the following is TRUE of their study?

Accepted Answer

A) They asked participants to design the faces of dolls to look as much as possible like real human faces. 
B) They used electroencephalographic technology to look at responses to photographs of real faces and photographs of dolls and mannequins. 
C) They instructed participants to imagine creepy doll faces as they monitored galvanic skin response. 
D) They asked participants to compare a single facial feature on doll faces and human faces. 
A) They asked participants to design the faces of dolls to look as much as possible like real human faces. 
B) They used electroencephalographic technology to look at responses to photographs of real faces and photographs of dolls and mannequins. 
C) They instructed participants to imagine creepy doll faces as they monitored galvanic skin response. 
D) They asked participants to compare a single facial feature on doll faces and human faces.

Question 16

A deficit in recognizing spatial landscapes, related to damage to the parahippocampal place area, is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) topographic agnosia 
B) parahippocampal agnosia 
C) retinal agnosia 
D) binocular agnosia 
A) topographic agnosia 
B) parahippocampal agnosia 
C) retinal agnosia 
D) binocular agnosia

Question 17

The specific location of a specific memory is known as the ______.

Accepted Answer

A) node 
B) cortex 
C) neuron 
D) engram 
A) node 
B) cortex 
C) neuron 
D) engram

Question 18

People tend to see objects as the same no matter the orientation from which they are seen.This is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) recognition by components 
B) viewpoint invariance 
C) variable views 
D) figure-ground symmetry 
A) recognition by components 
B) viewpoint invariance 
C) variable views 
D) figure-ground symmetry

Question 19

In reference to this figure, we tend to see an illusory contour of a triangle created by the figure.What is true about this figure?

Accepted Answer

A) There appears to be a series of blue contours, which are not actually present. 
B) There appears to be a white triangle, which is brighter than the white background. 
C) The white figure appears to move, even though that is not possible. 
D) The blue figures appear to be concave, even though they are convex. 
A) There appears to be a series of blue contours, which are not actually present. 
B) There appears to be a white triangle, which is brighter than the white background. 
C) The white figure appears to move, even though that is not possible. 
D) The blue figures appear to be concave, even though they are convex.

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of bottom-up processing?

Accepted Answer

A) perceiving the color green when looking at leaves 
B) perceiving that a flower is a tulip 
C) perceiving that an image is symmetrical 
D) perceiving that a man walking down the street is familiar 
A) perceiving the color green when looking at leaves 
B) perceiving that a flower is a tulip 
C) perceiving that an image is symmetrical 
D) perceiving that a man walking down the street is familiar

The region in the temporal lobe that receives input from the ventral visual pathway is known as ______.

Figure-ground organization is ______.

The perception of a physically absent but inferred edge, allowing us to complete the perception of a partially hidden object, is known as ______.

V4 is an area of the brain involved in the recognition of specific faces for specific people.

Compare and contrast the fusiform face area (FFA) and the occipital face area (OFA).Be sure to discuss at least one thing that they have in common and at least one way that they are different.

Gestalt psychology is primarily concerned with answering which of the following questions?

Moscovitch and Moscovitch (2000) compared prosopagnosic patients and object-agnosic patients.What did they find?

Looser and Wheatley (2010) compared the responses of human brains to real faces and doll faces.What did they find?

What are geons?

An area of the occipital lobe involved in both color vision and shape perception is ______.

Identifying a new style of bicycle as a bicycle requires the viewer to overcome an environmental obstacle known as ______.

Grouping and segregation are processes in perceptual organization.

Which gestalt grouping law states that elements that are close together tend to be perceived as a unified group?

Looser and Wheatley (2010) pointed out that all human minds have faces, but not all faces have human minds.Which of the following is TRUE of their study?

A deficit in recognizing spatial landscapes, related to damage to the parahippocampal place area, is known as ______.

The specific location of a specific memory is known as the ______.

People tend to see objects as the same no matter the orientation from which they are seen.This is known as ______.

In reference to this figure, we tend to see an illusory contour of a triangle created by the figure.What is true about this figure?

Which of the following is an example of bottom-up processing?

What Is Perception

Research Methodology

Visual System: The Eye

Visual System: The Brain

Color Perception

Depth and Size Perception

Movement and Action

Visual Attention

The Auditory System

The Auditory Brain and Sound Localization

Speech Perception

Music Perception

Touch and Pain

Olfaction and Taste

Filters

Exam 5: Object Perception

The region in the temporal lobe that receives input from the ventral visual pathway is known as ______.

Figure-ground organization is ______.

The perception of a physically absent but inferred edge, allowing us to complete the perception of a partially hidden object, is known as ______.

V4 is an area of the brain involved in the recognition of specific faces for specific people.

Compare and contrast the fusiform face area (FFA) and the occipital face area (OFA).Be sure to discuss at least one thing that they have in common and at least one way that they are different.

Gestalt psychology is primarily concerned with answering which of the following questions?

Moscovitch and Moscovitch (2000) compared prosopagnosic patients and object-agnosic patients.What did they find?

Looser and Wheatley (2010) compared the responses of human brains to real faces and doll faces.What did they find?

What are geons?

An area of the occipital lobe involved in both color vision and shape perception is ______.

Identifying a new style of bicycle as a bicycle requires the viewer to overcome an environmental obstacle known as ______.

Grouping and segregation are processes in perceptual organization.

Which gestalt grouping law states that elements that are close together tend to be perceived as a unified group?

Looser and Wheatley (2010) pointed out that all human minds have faces, but not all faces have human minds.Which of the following is TRUE of their study?

A deficit in recognizing spatial landscapes, related to damage to the parahippocampal place area, is known as ______.

The specific location of a specific memory is known as the ______.

People tend to see objects as the same no matter the orientation from which they are seen.This is known as ______.

In reference to this figure, we tend to see an illusory contour of a triangle created by the figure.What is true about this figure?

Which of the following is an example of bottom-up processing?

What Is Perception

Research Methodology

Visual System: The Eye

Visual System: The Brain

Color Perception

Depth and Size Perception

Movement and Action

Visual Attention

The Auditory System

The Auditory Brain and Sound Localization

Speech Perception

Music Perception

Touch and Pain

Olfaction and Taste

Filters