Question 1

Why is knowledge important for perception?

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Question 2

If Lulu were viewing a complex object and she recognized the object by analyzing its basic components, she would be experiencing

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A)  view-based recognition. 
B)  geons. 
C)  recognition by components. 
D)  both view-based recognition and geons

Question 3

Work on visual imagery suggests that imagined visual objects

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A)  fade from view very quickly. 
B)  cannot be matched to real pictures. 
C)  behave very differently from perception of real objects. 
D)  resemble blurred pictures of real objects

Question 4

The particular form of alexia that highlights the connections between reading and visual object recognition is called

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A)  letter-by-letter reading. 
B)  agraphia. 
C)  dyslexia. 
D)  word-by-word reading.

Question 5

In reading a line of text, you normally fixate on

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A)  every letter. 
B)  every word except the smallest ones. 
C)  every second or third word. 
D)  a line at a time.

Question 6

According to James Gibson (1979), the set of possible actions that can be performed with an object is referred to as a(n)

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A)  affordance. 
B)  inattention blindness. 
C)  prosopagnosia. 
D)  none of these

Question 7

If monkeys are repeatedly tested on their ability to discriminate among a set of stimuli, over several months the monkeys

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A)  show less and less interest in the stimuli. 
B)  show ever greater interest in the stimuli. 
C)  manifest less and less ability to distinguish among the stimuli. 
D)  show increasing ability to discriminate among the stimuli.

Question 8

Describe the differences between preattentive vision and vision with focused attention.

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Question 9

The failure to notice an otherwise conspicuous change because of the diversion of attention is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  change blindness. 
B)  inattentional blindness. 
C)  blindsight. 
D)  none of these

Question 10

Observers see a common object from an atypical viewpoint. Compared to seeing it from a more typical viewpoint,

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A)  they recognize it about as quickly. 
B)  they recognize it about as well if given sufficient time to think about it after seeing it. 
C)  they actually recognize it more readily. 
D)  they take longer to recognize it.

Question 11

The amount of blur that a person can tolerate when identifying an object is

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A)  larger when the object is initially very blurry. 
B)  smaller when the object is initially very blurry. 
C)  larger for young observers. 
D)  none of these

Question 12

Identification of faces appears to be mediated by the

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A)  inferior temporal lobe. 
B)  parietal lobe. 
C)  occipital lobe. 
D)  none of these

Question 13

Which of the following is true of the accuracy of detecting a part of an object?

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A)  Accuracy is better if the observer attends to the entire unit (e.g., a word) and not to the parts (e.g., individual letters). 
B)  Accuracy is better if the observer attends to the parts and not to the whole. 
C)  Accuracy is unaffected by whether the observer attends to the whole or to the parts. 
D)  none of these

Question 14

What is known about the neural concomitants of prosopagnosia?

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Question 15

___________ is being able to recognize that an object is a specific instance of a general class of objects;
___________ is being able to recognize that a specific object belongs to a general class of objects with the same properties.

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A)  Detection; discrimination 
B)  Discrimination; detection 
C)  Categorization; identification 
D)  Identification; categorization

Question 16

One's knowledge influences one's perception of sensory information. This influence is referred to as a
____________ influence.

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A)  bottom-up 
B)  medial-lateral 
C)  top-down 
D)  lateral-ventral

Question 17

When attending to a particular region in the visual field, which location enjoys the greatest advantage in detecting a target stimulus?

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A)  3 deg to the left of the attended region 
B)  3 deg below the attended region 
C)  3 deg to the left of the attended region when that region is part of the attended object 
D)  3 deg below the attended region when that region is part of the attended object and the object is partially obscured

Question 18

What are "geons,"
and what essential properties do all geons share?

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and what essential properties do...

Question 19

What could trigger an involuntary eye movement?

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A)  a stimulus's suddenly appearance in peripheral vision 
B)  another person's eye movement 
C)  both a stimulus's suddenly appearance in peripheral vision and another person's eye movement 
D)  neither a stimulus's suddenly appearance in peripheral vision 
E)  nor another person's eye movement

Question 20

During reading, top-down processes such as your expectations of what is coming next

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A)  impair reading comprehension. 
B)  facilitate reading comprehension. 
C)  either impair reading comprehension or facilitate reading comprehension. 
D)  neither impair reading comprehension nor facilitate reading comprehension.

Exam 6: Object Perception: Recognizing the Things We See

Why is knowledge important for perception?

If Lulu were viewing a complex object and she recognized the object by analyzing its basic components, she would be experiencing

Work on visual imagery suggests that imagined visual objects

The particular form of alexia that highlights the connections between reading and visual object recognition is called

In reading a line of text, you normally fixate on

According to James Gibson (1979) , the set of possible actions that can be performed with an object is referred to as a(n)

If monkeys are repeatedly tested on their ability to discriminate among a set of stimuli, over several months the monkeys

Describe the differences between preattentive vision and vision with focused attention.

The failure to notice an otherwise conspicuous change because of the diversion of attention is known as

Observers see a common object from an atypical viewpoint. Compared to seeing it from a more typical viewpoint,

The amount of blur that a person can tolerate when identifying an object is

Identification of faces appears to be mediated by the

Which of the following is true of the accuracy of detecting a part of an object?

What is known about the neural concomitants of prosopagnosia?

_ is being able to recognize that an object is a specific instance of a general class of objects; _ is being able to recognize that a specific object belongs to a general class of objects with the same properties.

One's knowledge influences one's perception of sensory information. This influence is referred to as a ____________ influence.

When attending to a particular region in the visual field, which location enjoys the greatest advantage in detecting a target stimulus?

What are "geons," and what essential properties do all geons share?

What could trigger an involuntary eye movement?

During reading, top-down processes such as your expectations of what is coming next

Exam 6: Object Perception: Recognizing the Things We See

Why is knowledge important for perception?

If Lulu were viewing a complex object and she recognized the object by analyzing its basic components, she would be experiencing

Work on visual imagery suggests that imagined visual objects

The particular form of alexia that highlights the connections between reading and visual object recognition is called

In reading a line of text, you normally fixate on

According to James Gibson (1979) , the set of possible actions that can be performed with an object is referred to as a(n)

If monkeys are repeatedly tested on their ability to discriminate among a set of stimuli, over several months the monkeys

Describe the differences between preattentive vision and vision with focused attention.

The failure to notice an otherwise conspicuous change because of the diversion of attention is known as

Observers see a common object from an atypical viewpoint. Compared to seeing it from a more typical viewpoint,

The amount of blur that a person can tolerate when identifying an object is

Identification of faces appears to be mediated by the

Which of the following is true of the accuracy of detecting a part of an object?

What is known about the neural concomitants of prosopagnosia?

___________ is being able to recognize that an object is a specific instance of a general class of objects; ___________ is being able to recognize that a specific object belongs to a general class of objects with the same properties.

One's knowledge influences one's perception of sensory information. This influence is referred to as a ____________ influence.

When attending to a particular region in the visual field, which location enjoys the greatest advantage in detecting a target stimulus?

What are "geons," and what essential properties do all geons share?

What could trigger an involuntary eye movement?

During reading, top-down processes such as your expectations of what is coming next

_ is being able to recognize that an object is a specific instance of a general class of objects; _ is being able to recognize that a specific object belongs to a general class of objects with the same properties.