Exam 5: Perception

The correspondence problem illustrates that __________.

What happens in the case of binocular disparity?

According to the textbook's authors, why is our perceptual system open to error in interpretation as seen in the perception of ambiguous figures?

What does the canceling-out theory maintain?

As an art class assignment, Aeryn has painted identical twins on opposite sides of a canvas. One twin is larger than the other, and the rest of the canvas is white. Which of the following statements is true?

A research participant is asked how she perceives the following stimulus: -* -* -*. She says she perceives it as three pairs, each containing a dash and an asterisk. On the basis of which gestalt grouping factor of perceptual organization has the participant grouped the stimulus?

Why does the author of the book suggest that, although it appears easy, perception is actually a difficult behavior?

When you watch a movie, the people and objects you see really do seem to move, miraculously enough. In fact, movies actually consist of a sequence of carefully timed still pictures. The phenomenon creating this effect in films is called __________.

A neon sign for a bowling alley has flashing lights that make it seem like a ball has gone down the alley and knocked over some pins. What is this illusion of motion called?

What type of processing do we use in object recognition?

What is true of top-down processing?

As it turns out, we can actually perceive depth with one eye closed. How?

Being able to identify an ambiguous stimulus illustrates which major point about perception?

What causes binocular disparity?

The nervous system encodes the fact that two or more attributes (e.g., a vertical line and its movement right to left) are bound together by way of __________.

Sometimes, on a cloudy dark night, the moon will appear to drift through the clouds. Of what is this an example?

Which of the following statements is true?

Why is it necessary to perform perceptual parsing when we converse?

What type of search does one perform when the visual search target differs from other array items by a combination of features?

Tary has visual agnosia. He often fails to recognize objects, even very common ones. What type of damage is he most likely suffering from?