Question 1

The strong view of categorical perception is that people:

Accepted Answer

A)  can discriminate stimuli within a category only when those stimuli have salient distinguishing features. 
B)  cannot discriminate stimuli within a category. 
C)  experience stimuli as coming from distinct categories. 
D)  are very good at discriminating among stimuli both within and between categories. 
A)  can discriminate stimuli within a category only when those stimuli have salient distinguishing features. 
B)  cannot discriminate stimuli within a category. 
C)  experience stimuli as coming from distinct categories. 
D)  are very good at discriminating among stimuli both within and between categories.

Question 2

Which cue is NOT one that the visual system is able to detect in order to judge distance?

Accepted Answer

A)  texture gradient 
B)  stereopsis 
C)  closure 
D)  motion parallax 
A)  texture gradient 
B)  stereopsis 
C)  closure 
D)  motion parallax

Question 3

What is the word superiority effect and why is it important to the study of pattern recognition?

Accepted Answer

•It refers to the fact that study partic

Question 4

The gestalt principle of _____ accounts for objects that look alike being grouped together.

Accepted Answer

A)  similarity 
B)  contrast 
C)  proximity 
D)  closure 
A)  similarity 
B)  contrast 
C)  proximity 
D)  closure

Question 5

The fact that each eye receives a slightly different view of the world is referred to as _____,a process that aids in _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  convergence;retinal focus 
B)  stereopsis;object recognition 
C)  convergence;detail discrimination 
D)  stereopsis;depth perception 
A)  convergence;retinal focus 
B)  stereopsis;object recognition 
C)  convergence;detail discrimination 
D)  stereopsis;depth perception

Question 6

Categorical perception refers to the:

Accepted Answer

A)  use of inflexible category boundaries in visual perception. 
B)  perception of many variations between stimuli in a category. 
C)  perception that stimuli belong in distinct categories. 
D)  use of flexible category boundaries in speech perception. 
A)  use of inflexible category boundaries in visual perception. 
B)  perception of many variations between stimuli in a category. 
C)  perception that stimuli belong in distinct categories. 
D)  use of flexible category boundaries in speech perception.

Question 7

What is the phoneme-restoration effect,and why is it important to our understanding of the perception of speech?

Accepted Answer

It refers to participants' reported audi

Question 8

When a person repeatedly hears da,what happens to that person's perception of ba?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ba begins to sound more like pa. 
B)  Ba sounds more like da. 
C)  Ba sounds more like ta. 
D)  Nothing changes in the perception of ba. 
A)  Ba begins to sound more like pa. 
B)  Ba sounds more like da. 
C)  Ba sounds more like ta. 
D)  Nothing changes in the perception of ba.

Question 9

Speech recognition presents a major problem because:

Accepted Answer

A)  there are no specialized neural feature detectors for speech,as there are for vision. 
B)  it is difficult to identify what the mental templates may be for verbal recognition. 
C)  speech is a much more rigidly structured stimulus than is a visual stimulus. 
D)  speech does not have the discrete boundaries that exist in printed material. 
A)  there are no specialized neural feature detectors for speech,as there are for vision. 
B)  it is difficult to identify what the mental templates may be for verbal recognition. 
C)  speech is a much more rigidly structured stimulus than is a visual stimulus. 
D)  speech does not have the discrete boundaries that exist in printed material.

Question 10

What are the stages of Biederman's recognition-by-components theory?

Accepted Answer

There are three stages discussed in the

Question 11

Recognition-by-components theory does not account for the recognition of letters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What are the shortcomings of template-matching models?

Accepted Answer

Template-matching models can be limited

Question 13

Our recognition of speech relies only on contextual information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Why do computers have difficulty with CAPTCHAs,whereas humans do not?

Accepted Answer

Template-based computerized approaches m

Question 15

Segments of the primary visual cortex,hypercolumns,represent:

Accepted Answer

A)  the orientation of lines. 
B)  color. 
C)  movement. 
D)  the region of the receptive field. 
A)  the orientation of lines. 
B)  color. 
C)  movement. 
D)  the region of the receptive field.

Question 16

In addition to the retinal layer,the eye has other cells to help in processing visual information.These cells are called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  receptor cells and optic neurons. 
B)  bipolar and ganglion cells. 
C)  ganglion cells and feature detectors. 
D)  edge detectors and bar detectors. 
A)  receptor cells and optic neurons. 
B)  bipolar and ganglion cells. 
C)  ganglion cells and feature detectors. 
D)  edge detectors and bar detectors.

Question 17

The receptive fields of visual cortical cells are circular,much like the receptive fields of the on-off cells.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which theory of visual pattern recognition explains our ability to recognize objects by positing that the visual system compares new stimuli with existing memory traces of previously seen similar stimuli to determine if the new item is familiar?

Accepted Answer

A)  prototype matching 
B)  recognition-by-components 
C)  template matching 
D)  feature analysis 
A)  prototype matching 
B)  recognition-by-components 
C)  template matching 
D)  feature analysis

Question 19

The word superiority effect is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Biederman's recognition-by-components theory. 
B)  the template-matching theory. 
C)  bottom-up processing. 
D)  top-down processing. 
A)  Biederman's recognition-by-components theory. 
B)  the template-matching theory. 
C)  bottom-up processing. 
D)  top-down processing.

Question 20

Neuroscientists have identified a region of the temporal lobe that becomes active whenever faces are presented.They refer to this area as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the fusiform gyrus. 
B)  the arcuate fasciculus. 
C)  the hippocampus. 
D)  Wernicke's area. 
A)  the fusiform gyrus. 
B)  the arcuate fasciculus. 
C)  the hippocampus. 
D)  Wernicke's area.

The strong view of categorical perception is that people:

Which cue is NOT one that the visual system is able to detect in order to judge distance?

What is the word superiority effect and why is it important to the study of pattern recognition?

The gestalt principle of _____ accounts for objects that look alike being grouped together.

The fact that each eye receives a slightly different view of the world is referred to as _,a process that aids in _.

Categorical perception refers to the:

What is the phoneme-restoration effect,and why is it important to our understanding of the perception of speech?

When a person repeatedly hears da,what happens to that person's perception of ba?

Speech recognition presents a major problem because:

What are the stages of Biederman's recognition-by-components theory?

Recognition-by-components theory does not account for the recognition of letters.

What are the shortcomings of template-matching models?

Our recognition of speech relies only on contextual information.

Why do computers have difficulty with CAPTCHAs,whereas humans do not?

Segments of the primary visual cortex,hypercolumns,represent:

In addition to the retinal layer,the eye has other cells to help in processing visual information.These cells are called the:

The receptive fields of visual cortical cells are circular,much like the receptive fields of the on-off cells.

Which theory of visual pattern recognition explains our ability to recognize objects by positing that the visual system compares new stimuli with existing memory traces of previously seen similar stimuli to determine if the new item is familiar?

The word superiority effect is an example of:

Neuroscientists have identified a region of the temporal lobe that becomes active whenever faces are presented.They refer to this area as:

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Mental Imagery

Representation of Knowledge

Human Memory: Encoding and Storage

Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval

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Exam 2: Perception

The strong view of categorical perception is that people:

Which cue is NOT one that the visual system is able to detect in order to judge distance?

What is the word superiority effect and why is it important to the study of pattern recognition?

The gestalt principle of _____ accounts for objects that look alike being grouped together.

The fact that each eye receives a slightly different view of the world is referred to as _____,a process that aids in _____.

Categorical perception refers to the:

What is the phoneme-restoration effect,and why is it important to our understanding of the perception of speech?

When a person repeatedly hears da,what happens to that person's perception of ba?

Speech recognition presents a major problem because:

What are the stages of Biederman's recognition-by-components theory?

Recognition-by-components theory does not account for the recognition of letters.

What are the shortcomings of template-matching models?

Our recognition of speech relies only on contextual information.

Why do computers have difficulty with CAPTCHAs,whereas humans do not?

Segments of the primary visual cortex,hypercolumns,represent:

In addition to the retinal layer,the eye has other cells to help in processing visual information.These cells are called the:

The receptive fields of visual cortical cells are circular,much like the receptive fields of the on-off cells.

Which theory of visual pattern recognition explains our ability to recognize objects by positing that the visual system compares new stimuli with existing memory traces of previously seen similar stimuli to determine if the new item is familiar?

The word superiority effect is an example of:

Neuroscientists have identified a region of the temporal lobe that becomes active whenever faces are presented.They refer to this area as:

The Science of Cognition

Attention and Performance

Mental Imagery

Representation of Knowledge

Human Memory: Encoding and Storage

Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval

Problem Solving

Expertise

Reasoning

Decision Making

Language Structure

Language Comprehension

Individual Differences in Cognition

Filters

The fact that each eye receives a slightly different view of the world is referred to as _,a process that aids in _.