Question 1

According to the ______ model,the word superiority effect occurs because a letter presented in the context of a word activates not only the relevant node for the word,but also each of the letters within the word.

Accepted Answer

A) prototype 
B) connectionist 
C) direct perception 
D) featural analysis

Question 2

______ are to visual perception what phonemes are to language,according to Biederman.

Accepted Answer

A) Receptors 
B) Retinas 
C) Distal stimuli 
D) Geons

Question 3

Of the following,which theory of perception does NOT require input to exactly match representation or perception?

Accepted Answer

A) featural analysis 
B) template matching 
C) prototype matching 
D) perceptual learning

Question 4

Visual agnosias represent impairments in the ability to ______.

Accepted Answer

A) see objects 
B) use language to name objects 
C) interpret visual information 
D) draw objects

Question 5

A book on a shelf represents a good example of a ______.

Accepted Answer

A) distal stimulus 
B) proximal stimulus 
C) retinal image 
D) percept

Question 6

After damage to his left parietal cortex,John begins to ignore washing the right side of his face and body and doesn't comb the right side of his hair.He is likely suffering from ______.

Accepted Answer

A) prosopagnosia 
B) affordances 
C) unilateral neglect 
D) apperceptive agnosia

Question 7

When you let go of a balloon and it floats away from you into the sky,the size of the retinal image gets smaller and smaller.However,you do not perceive the balloon as shrinking.This is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) pattern recognition 
B) bottom-up processing 
C) size constancy 
D) figure-ground organization

Question 8

Which of the following represents a good example of a proximal stimulus?

Accepted Answer

A) a book on a shelf 
B) a tree in your yard 
C) a building on the horizon 
D) the retinal image formed by a tree

Question 9

Studies using the odd-quadrant discrimination task have shown that perception of the "odd stimulus out" is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) faster in a complex stimulus display than in a base stimulus display 
B) faster in the base stimulus display than in a complex stimulus display 
C) just as fast in a complex stimulus display as in a base stimulus display 
D) simple in a base stimulus display,but impossible in a complex stimulus display

Question 10

Vesuvian creatures fly in from outer space,and their sensory receptors are studied.It is observed that their dominant sensory system is haptic (touch),and that certain receptors seem to respond selectively to softness,others selectively to certain temperatures,and others selectively to smoothness.Knowing only this information,you might conclude that the best explanation for Vesuvian perceptual experience may come from ______.

Accepted Answer

A) template-matching theory 
B) prototype theory 
C) featural analysis theory 
D) Gestalt theory

Question 11

Anne is driving down a residential street on a Saturday afternoon and expects that she may see children playing outside on such a sunny,warm day.Out of the corner of her eye,she detects movement between two parked cars at the side of the road.She immediately presses the brake,interpreting the movement as that of a child.Later she is relieved to see that the movement came from an empty paper bag that is blowing in the wind.Anne's initial perception of the movement as that of a child can best be explained through the notion of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) size constancy 
B) retinal image 
C) template matching 
D) top-down processing

Question 12

Which of the following would be most accurate under a connectionist view of perception?

Accepted Answer

A) Every letter that we see is processed individually and in isolation. 
B) All combinations of letters are processed equally quickly. 
C) The processing time and strength of a letter is independent of context. 
D) Letters and words mutually reinforce the others' perception.

Exam 3: Perception: Recognizing Patterns and Objects