Question 1

A Quiroga et al.(2005) study examined the response of specific neurons within the temporal cortex of surgery patients.Which statement best exemplifies their results?

Accepted Answer

A) They found specific neurons that responded to specific locations, such as cells that responded to the Empire State Building but not the Sears tower. 
B) They found specific neurons that responded to individual people but did not find cells that responded to specific places. 
C) The inferotemporal cortex was not responding at all in the surgery patients. 
D) They found specific neurons that responded to specific objects, such as cells that responded to hammers, but not screwdrivers. 
A) They found specific neurons that responded to specific locations, such as cells that responded to the Empire State Building but not the Sears tower. 
B) They found specific neurons that responded to individual people but did not find cells that responded to specific places. 
C) The inferotemporal cortex was not responding at all in the surgery patients. 
D) They found specific neurons that responded to specific objects, such as cells that responded to hammers, but not screwdrivers.

Question 2

Viewing which of the following would activate the extrastriate body area?

Accepted Answer

A) a leg 
B) a face 
C) a grassy field 
D) a convex shape 
A) a leg 
B) a face 
C) a grassy field 
D) a convex shape

Question 3

Which of the following is TRUE in figure-ground organization?

Accepted Answer

A) The top of a scene tends to be seen as figure and the bottom as background. 
B) A figure with asymmetrical borders is more likely to be judged as being in the foreground than in the background. 
C) A figure is more likely to be perceived as being in the foreground if it is perceived to be on the convex side of a border. 
D) A figure with illusory contours is likely to be perceived as both foreground and background. 
A) The top of a scene tends to be seen as figure and the bottom as background. 
B) A figure with asymmetrical borders is more likely to be judged as being in the foreground than in the background. 
C) A figure is more likely to be perceived as being in the foreground if it is perceived to be on the convex side of a border. 
D) A figure with illusory contours is likely to be perceived as both foreground and background.

Question 4

The physiological explanation for illusory contours arises from studies on V2 neurons in the brains of monkeys.What did the studies find?

Accepted Answer

A) Edge detection cells in V2 did not respond to illusory contours, but cells in the inferotemporal cortex did. 
B) Edge detection cells responded to illusory edges as strongly as they did to real ones. 
C) Illusory contours do not produce activity in V1 or V2. 
D) Monkeys are unable to perceive illusory contours. 
A) Edge detection cells in V2 did not respond to illusory contours, but cells in the inferotemporal cortex did. 
B) Edge detection cells responded to illusory edges as strongly as they did to real ones. 
C) Illusory contours do not produce activity in V1 or V2. 
D) Monkeys are unable to perceive illusory contours.

Question 5

Which of the following is most likely to be perceived as being in the foreground?

Accepted Answer

A) a figure with symmetrical borders 
B) a figure with concave borders 
C) a figure that is partially obscured 
D) a figure that has unclear boundaries 
A) a figure with symmetrical borders 
B) a figure with concave borders 
C) a figure that is partially obscured 
D) a figure that has unclear boundaries

Question 6

Bottom-up processing and top-down processing are competing models of how the brain processes information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

One of the issues that is delaying the introduction of self-driving cars is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) designing an object recognition system that can recognize objects as being the same, despite the angle at which the system is looking at that object 
B) designing a car that can respond in real time to the angle of the camera 
C) that recognition-by-components is difficult to instantiate in a computerized system 
D) that computer systems have a difficult time with top-down processing 
A) designing an object recognition system that can recognize objects as being the same, despite the angle at which the system is looking at that object 
B) designing a car that can respond in real time to the angle of the camera 
C) that recognition-by-components is difficult to instantiate in a computerized system 
D) that computer systems have a difficult time with top-down processing

Question 8

What is the relationship between recognition and top-down processing?

Accepted Answer

Recognition is the ability to match a pr

Question 9

In the following photograph, what is likely to be seen as foreground and why?

Accepted Answer

A) the rocks, because they are visible through the water 
B) the trees, because they are easily recognized objects 
C) the cascading water, because it is at the bottom of the image 
D) the sky, because it is the brightest element 
A) the rocks, because they are visible through the water 
B) the trees, because they are easily recognized objects 
C) the cascading water, because it is at the bottom of the image 
D) the sky, because it is the brightest element

Question 10

Reading a familiar word even though some of the letters are missing is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) bottom-up processing 
B) top-down processing 
C) perceptual organization 
D) perceptual grouping 
A) bottom-up processing 
B) top-down processing 
C) perceptual organization 
D) perceptual grouping

Question 11

Information flows from the occipital lobe to the inferotemporal area.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is TRUE about the Necker cube shown below?

Accepted Answer

A) The Necker cube is an example of the principle of prosopagnosia. 
B) The Necker cube can be seen in one of two orientations. 
C) The Necker cube demonstrates the gestalt principle of interactivity. 
D) The Necker cube illustrates edge completion. 
A) The Necker cube is an example of the principle of prosopagnosia. 
B) The Necker cube can be seen in one of two orientations. 
C) The Necker cube demonstrates the gestalt principle of interactivity. 
D) The Necker cube illustrates edge completion.

Question 13

What is the biggest difference between bottom-up processing and top-down processing?

Accepted Answer

A) Bottom-up processing requires physical stimuli; top-down processing does not. 
B) Bottom-up processing is primarily neurological; top-down processing is primarily psychological. 
C) Top-down processing requires prior experience; bottom-up processing does not. 
D) Top-down processing is more advanced; it builds on the more basic bottom-up processing. 
A) Bottom-up processing requires physical stimuli; top-down processing does not. 
B) Bottom-up processing is primarily neurological; top-down processing is primarily psychological. 
C) Top-down processing requires prior experience; bottom-up processing does not. 
D) Top-down processing is more advanced; it builds on the more basic bottom-up processing.

Question 14

Grill-Spector, Knouf, and Kanwisher (2004) examined the role of the FFA in face recognition.In one condition of their experiment, they used photographs of actor Harrison Ford as their face stimulus.What did they find?

Accepted Answer

A) There was strong activity in the FFA when participants recognized or thought they recognized Harrison Ford. 
B) No differences in activity were noted between the FFA and the OFA when participants thought they recognized Harrison Ford. 
C) Recognizing Harrison Ford in the photographs did not trigger the FFA in a measurable way. 
D) Activity in the FFA was similar to that noted when participants looked at photographs of strangers. 
A) There was strong activity in the FFA when participants recognized or thought they recognized Harrison Ford. 
B) No differences in activity were noted between the FFA and the OFA when participants thought they recognized Harrison Ford. 
C) Recognizing Harrison Ford in the photographs did not trigger the FFA in a measurable way. 
D) Activity in the FFA was similar to that noted when participants looked at photographs of strangers.

Question 15

Looser and Wheatley (2010) showed that when people see inanimate faces, such as those of dolls, their brains react in identical ways to seeing real faces.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

An area of the brain in the occipital lobe, associated with recognizing faces as distinct from other objects, is known as the ______ face area.

Accepted Answer

A) fusiform 
B) occipital 
C) parietal 
D) prosopagnosic 
A) fusiform 
B) occipital 
C) parietal 
D) prosopagnosic

Question 17

Illusory contours are perceptual edges that exist because of edge completion but are not actually physically present.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which gestalt grouping law states that elements that are moving 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 19

In figure-ground organization, the experience that viewers have concerns which part of image is in front and which part of an image is in the background of a particular scene.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The storage and/or reconstruction of information in memory when that information is not in use is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) recognition 
B) perceptual organization 
C) representation 
D) a feedback loop 
A) recognition 
B) perceptual organization 
C) representation 
D) a feedback loop

A Quiroga et al.(2005) study examined the response of specific neurons within the temporal cortex of surgery patients.Which statement best exemplifies their results?

Viewing which of the following would activate the extrastriate body area?

Which of the following is TRUE in figure-ground organization?

The physiological explanation for illusory contours arises from studies on V2 neurons in the brains of monkeys.What did the studies find?

Which of the following is most likely to be perceived as being in the foreground?

Bottom-up processing and top-down processing are competing models of how the brain processes information.

One of the issues that is delaying the introduction of self-driving cars is ______.

What is the relationship between recognition and top-down processing?

In the following photograph, what is likely to be seen as foreground and why?

Reading a familiar word even though some of the letters are missing is an example of ______.

Information flows from the occipital lobe to the inferotemporal area.

What is TRUE about the Necker cube shown below?

What is the biggest difference between bottom-up processing and top-down processing?

Grill-Spector, Knouf, and Kanwisher (2004) examined the role of the FFA in face recognition.In one condition of their experiment, they used photographs of actor Harrison Ford as their face stimulus.What did they find?

Looser and Wheatley (2010) showed that when people see inanimate faces, such as those of dolls, their brains react in identical ways to seeing real faces.

An area of the brain in the occipital lobe, associated with recognizing faces as distinct from other objects, is known as the ______ face area.

Illusory contours are perceptual edges that exist because of edge completion but are not actually physically present.

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

In figure-ground organization, the experience that viewers have concerns which part of image is in front and which part of an image is in the background of a particular scene.

The storage and/or reconstruction of information in memory when that information is not in use is known as ______.

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

A Quiroga et al.(2005) study examined the response of specific neurons within the temporal cortex of surgery patients.Which statement best exemplifies their results?

Viewing which of the following would activate the extrastriate body area?

Which of the following is TRUE in figure-ground organization?

The physiological explanation for illusory contours arises from studies on V2 neurons in the brains of monkeys.What did the studies find?

Which of the following is most likely to be perceived as being in the foreground?

Bottom-up processing and top-down processing are competing models of how the brain processes information.

One of the issues that is delaying the introduction of self-driving cars is ______.

What is the relationship between recognition and top-down processing?

In the following photograph, what is likely to be seen as foreground and why?

Reading a familiar word even though some of the letters are missing is an example of ______.

Information flows from the occipital lobe to the inferotemporal area.

What is TRUE about the Necker cube shown below?

What is the biggest difference between bottom-up processing and top-down processing?

Grill-Spector, Knouf, and Kanwisher (2004) examined the role of the FFA in face recognition.In one condition of their experiment, they used photographs of actor Harrison Ford as their face stimulus.What did they find?

Looser and Wheatley (2010) showed that when people see inanimate faces, such as those of dolls, their brains react in identical ways to seeing real faces.

An area of the brain in the occipital lobe, associated with recognizing faces as distinct from other objects, is known as the ______ face area.

Illusory contours are perceptual edges that exist because of edge completion but are not actually physically present.

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

In figure-ground organization, the experience that viewers have concerns which part of image is in front and which part of an image is in the background of a particular scene.

The storage and/or reconstruction of information in memory when that information is not in use is known as ______.

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