Question 1

The functions of concepts in our everyday thinking include all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) slower and more careful thinking. 
B) making predictions. 
C) communicating with others. 
D) supporting new learning. 
A) slower and more careful thinking. 
B) making predictions. 
C) communicating with others. 
D) supporting new learning. A

Question 2

One similarity between connectionist network models of the brain and semantic network models of mind is

Accepted Answer

A) both types of models would agree that excitatory connections underlie knowledge representation. 
B) both types of models would agree that related concepts are spatially close to one another. 
C) both types of models would agree that a given concept is represented by a single "node," or representation. 
D) both types of models would agree that connections between concepts are never inhibitory. 
A) both types of models would agree that excitatory connections underlie knowledge representation. 
B) both types of models would agree that related concepts are spatially close to one another. 
C) both types of models would agree that a given concept is represented by a single "node," or representation. 
D) both types of models would agree that connections between concepts are never inhibitory. A

Question 3

Keenan,McCutcheon,Freund,Gallup,Sanders,and Pascual-Leone (1999)investigated self-recognition by showing a "face movie" in which the participant's face gradually morphed into that of a celebrity.Participants were instructed to respond at the point where the morph seemed to resemble their own face more than the celebrity's.Responses were faster when made with the ______ hand,indicating a _____ hemisphere advantage in self-recognition.

Accepted Answer

A) left;left 
B) left;right 
C) right;right 
D) right;left 
A) left;left 
B) left;right 
C) right;right 
D) right;left B

Question 4

How many basic geons comprise the objects we recognize on a day-to-day basis,according to Biederman?

Accepted Answer

A) 6 
B) 16 
C) 36 
D) 76 
A) 6 
B) 16 
C) 36 
D) 76

Question 5

Feelings-of-knowing are an index of _______ and are generally

Accepted Answer

A) metacognition;accurate. 
B) metacognition;inaccurate. 
C) perceptual skill;accurate. 
D) perceptual skill;inaccurate. 
A) metacognition;accurate. 
B) metacognition;inaccurate. 
C) perceptual skill;accurate. 
D) perceptual skill;inaccurate.

Question 6

All of the following statements are true of the classical view of concepts except

Accepted Answer

A) it is an essentialist approach to categorization. 
B) it assumes that membership in a category is clear-cut. 
C) it proposes that concepts are mentally represented by list of features. 
D) "necessary" and "sufficient" features play an important role in the theory. 
A) it is an essentialist approach to categorization. 
B) it assumes that membership in a category is clear-cut. 
C) it proposes that concepts are mentally represented by list of features. 
D) "necessary" and "sufficient" features play an important role in the theory.

Question 7

Research on haptic exploration and exploratory procedures reveals that

Accepted Answer

A) the longer EPs take,the less breadth they have. 
B) material properties of objects (e.g. ,temperature)are easier to ascertain than geometric properties (e.g. ,shape). 
C) the most informative exploratory procedure is static contact. 
D) tactile object recognition is faster than visual object recognition. 
A) the longer EPs take,the less breadth they have. 
B) material properties of objects (e.g. ,temperature)are easier to ascertain than geometric properties (e.g. ,shape). 
C) the most informative exploratory procedure is static contact. 
D) tactile object recognition is faster than visual object recognition.

Question 8

Blais,Jack,Scheepers,Fiset,and Caldara (2008)investigated cross-cultural differences (Western Caucasian vs.East Asian)in face recognition and found that

Accepted Answer

A) East Asians were superior in face recognition. 
B) Western Caucasians were superior in face recognition. 
C) East Asians tended to focus on the eyes and surrounding areas,while Western Caucasians focused on the nose region. 
D) Western Caucasians tended to focus on the eyes and surrounding areas,while East Asians focused on the nose region. 
A) East Asians were superior in face recognition. 
B) Western Caucasians were superior in face recognition. 
C) East Asians tended to focus on the eyes and surrounding areas,while Western Caucasians focused on the nose region. 
D) Western Caucasians tended to focus on the eyes and surrounding areas,while East Asians focused on the nose region.

Question 9

Prototype is to exemplar as ________ is to

Accepted Answer

A) general;specific. 
B) concrete;abstract. 
C) instance;average. 
D) example;idea. 
A) general;specific. 
B) concrete;abstract. 
C) instance;average. 
D) example;idea.

Question 10

Prosopagnosia refers to

Accepted Answer

A) an inability to identify smells. 
B) an inability to recognize familiar faces. 
C) an inability to recognize common objects. 
D) an inability to detect objects in one particular area of one's visual field. 
A) an inability to identify smells. 
B) an inability to recognize familiar faces. 
C) an inability to recognize common objects. 
D) an inability to detect objects in one particular area of one's visual field.

Question 11

In a study by Posner,Welton,and Goldsmith (1967),participants saw a bunch of dot patterns,and then later had to classify them as previously seen or unseen.When participants saw a dot pattern that resembled all of the other ones but that wasn't presented,they still tended to classify it as previously seen.This finding supports

Accepted Answer

A) the exemplar approach. 
B) the essentialist view. 
C) the prototype approach. 
D) the classical view. 
A) the exemplar approach. 
B) the essentialist view. 
C) the prototype approach. 
D) the classical view.

Question 12

One problem with the early approach to pattern recognition termed "template matching" is

Accepted Answer

A) it seems unreasonable to assume that a matching process underlies recognition. 
B) template matching can only explain the recognition of objects. 
C) the mechanism of template matching seems too rigid to account for fast and accurate recognition. 
D) template matching doesn't explain why recognition might suffer if our view of something is obscured. 
A) it seems unreasonable to assume that a matching process underlies recognition. 
B) template matching can only explain the recognition of objects. 
C) the mechanism of template matching seems too rigid to account for fast and accurate recognition. 
D) template matching doesn't explain why recognition might suffer if our view of something is obscured.

Question 13

The everyday knowledge or intuition people have about living things and how they work is known as

Accepted Answer

A) folk biology. 
B) prototypes. 
C) WEIRD. 
D) embodiment. 
A) folk biology. 
B) prototypes. 
C) WEIRD. 
D) embodiment.

Question 14

The entry point for the recognition of objects is the _____ level;the entry point for the recognition of faces is the

Accepted Answer

A) basic;basic. 
B) basic;individual. 
C) subordinate;basic. 
D) individual;basic. 
A) basic;basic. 
B) basic;individual. 
C) subordinate;basic. 
D) individual;basic.

Question 15

Geng and Schnur (2015)examined word grouping among bilingual speakers.What did they find?

Accepted Answer

A) Taxonomic relationships are more important than associative relationships. 
B) Abstract concepts are more important than concrete concepts. 
C) Essentialism is more important than the exemplar approach. 
D) Prototypes are more important than categories. 
A) Taxonomic relationships are more important than associative relationships. 
B) Abstract concepts are more important than concrete concepts. 
C) Essentialism is more important than the exemplar approach. 
D) Prototypes are more important than categories.

Question 16

Of the three categories "fruit," "pear," and "Bartlett pear," the category "Bartlett pear" is a

Accepted Answer

A) family-resemblance category. 
B) superordinate level category. 
C) basic level category. 
D) subordinate level category. 
A) family-resemblance category. 
B) superordinate level category. 
C) basic level category. 
D) subordinate level category.

Question 17

"Sport" is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) ad hoc category. 
B) artifact category. 
C) natural category. 
D) metaphorical concept. 
A) ad hoc category. 
B) artifact category. 
C) natural category. 
D) metaphorical concept.

Question 18

The face inversion effect

Accepted Answer

A) is the difficulty people have in recognizing upside-down faces. 
B) uses first-order relational information to allow people to recognize upside-down faces. 
C) allows people to recognize which faces are distorted,even when they are upside-down. 
D) builds up over time through practice trials. 
A) is the difficulty people have in recognizing upside-down faces. 
B) uses first-order relational information to allow people to recognize upside-down faces. 
C) allows people to recognize which faces are distorted,even when they are upside-down. 
D) builds up over time through practice trials.

Question 19

A problem with an extreme version of the exemplar approach is

Accepted Answer

A) people are not sensitive to the biasing effects of context. 
B) it is not based on the idea of similarity to an example. 
C) it uses only the average examples,not all of the examples in memory. 
D) it is not economical to store every single example in memory. 
A) people are not sensitive to the biasing effects of context. 
B) it is not based on the idea of similarity to an example. 
C) it uses only the average examples,not all of the examples in memory. 
D) it is not economical to store every single example in memory.

Question 20

Roy meets Dewayne for the first time and gets to know him a bit.Which of these is unlikely to appear to Roy as essential to who Dewayne is?

Accepted Answer

A) Where he's from 
B) His religion 
C) His ethnicity 
D) His age 
A) Where he's from 
B) His religion 
C) His ethnicity 
D) His age

The functions of concepts in our everyday thinking include all of the following EXCEPT

One similarity between connectionist network models of the brain and semantic network models of mind is

How many basic geons comprise the objects we recognize on a day-to-day basis,according to Biederman?

Feelings-of-knowing are an index of _______ and are generally

All of the following statements are true of the classical view of concepts except

Research on haptic exploration and exploratory procedures reveals that

Blais,Jack,Scheepers,Fiset,and Caldara (2008)investigated cross-cultural differences (Western Caucasian vs.East Asian)in face recognition and found that

Prototype is to exemplar as ________ is to

Prosopagnosia refers to

One problem with the early approach to pattern recognition termed "template matching" is

The everyday knowledge or intuition people have about living things and how they work is known as

The entry point for the recognition of objects is the _____ level;the entry point for the recognition of faces is the

Geng and Schnur (2015)examined word grouping among bilingual speakers.What did they find?

Of the three categories "fruit," "pear," and "Bartlett pear," the category "Bartlett pear" is a

"Sport" is a(n)

The face inversion effect

A problem with an extreme version of the exemplar approach is

Roy meets Dewayne for the first time and gets to know him a bit.Which of these is unlikely to appear to Roy as essential to who Dewayne is?

Cognition As the Study of Information Processing

Perception and Consciousness

Mechanisms of Attention

Immediate Memory

Basic Processes in Long-Term Memory

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Basic Issues in Languageand Speech Processing

Reading and Comprehending Text

Judgments and Decisions

Problem Solving

Filters

Exam 5: Concepts and Categories of Object Recognition

The functions of concepts in our everyday thinking include all of the following EXCEPT

One similarity between connectionist network models of the brain and semantic network models of mind is

How many basic geons comprise the objects we recognize on a day-to-day basis,according to Biederman?

Feelings-of-knowing are an index of _______ and are generally

All of the following statements are true of the classical view of concepts except

Research on haptic exploration and exploratory procedures reveals that

Blais,Jack,Scheepers,Fiset,and Caldara (2008)investigated cross-cultural differences (Western Caucasian vs.East Asian)in face recognition and found that

Prototype is to exemplar as ________ is to

Prosopagnosia refers to

One problem with the early approach to pattern recognition termed "template matching" is

The everyday knowledge or intuition people have about living things and how they work is known as

The entry point for the recognition of objects is the _____ level;the entry point for the recognition of faces is the

Geng and Schnur (2015)examined word grouping among bilingual speakers.What did they find?

Of the three categories "fruit," "pear," and "Bartlett pear," the category "Bartlett pear" is a

"Sport" is a(n)

The face inversion effect

A problem with an extreme version of the exemplar approach is

Roy meets Dewayne for the first time and gets to know him a bit.Which of these is unlikely to appear to Roy as essential to who Dewayne is?

Cognition As the Study of Information Processing

Perception and Consciousness

Mechanisms of Attention

Immediate Memory

Basic Processes in Long-Term Memory

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Basic Issues in Languageand Speech Processing

Reading and Comprehending Text

Judgments and Decisions

Problem Solving

Filters