Question 1

Nearer objects move across the retinal field faster than more distant objects due to:

Accepted Answer

A)  convergence. 
B)  motion parallax. 
C)  texture gradient. 
D)  rotational nystagmus.

Question 2

Visual agnosia refers to an inability to recognize visual objects that is not related to general intellectual loss or the loss of basic sensory abilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Explain how texture gradient,stereopsis,and motion parallax contribute to our visual system's ability to form a 3-D representation of the world.

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Question 4

Unlike brain areas devoted to other senses,the visual cortex is not laid out topologically.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Someone who suffers from associative agnosia:

Accepted Answer

A)  cannot recognize simple objects. 
B)  cannot recognize,but can copy drawings of,simple objects. 
C)  cannot recognize,but can copy drawings of,complex objects. 
D)  cannot recognize,and cannot copy drawings of,complex objects.

Question 6

Patients with associative agnosia have difficulty with the reception of sensory information and often are unable to identify simple shapes such as circles or triangles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Differentiate between apperceptive agnosia and associative agnosia.

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Question 8

What is the difference between the early phase of visual perception and the later phase?

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Question 9

In speech perception research,the finding that individuals can't detect subtle differences in the pronunciation of different voiced phonemes and tend to divide such stimuli into one of two types of verbal stimuli is known as _____ perception.

Accepted Answer

A)  voice-onset 
B)  all-or-none 
C)  innate-language 
D)  categorical

Question 10

Hubel and Weisel's groundbreaking work on the primary visual cortex of cats demonstrated that these two types of cells-_____ detectors and _____ detectors-exist there and play an integral part in visual perception.

Accepted Answer

A)  center;surround 
B)  pyramidal;fusiform 
C)  what;where 
D)  edge;bar

Question 11

Which aspect of perception is related to the software programs known as CAPTCHAs?

Accepted Answer

A)  color 
B)  movement 
C)  distance 
D)  pattern

Question 12

Visual agnosia,the inability to recognize objects because of damage to the cerebral cortex,is broken down into two subtypes: _____ and _____ agnosia.

Accepted Answer

A)  temporal;parietal 
B)  apperceptive;associative 
C)  deep;surface 
D)  cortical;limbic

Question 13

The right half of the right eye is connected to the right hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

How do template-matching models compare with human pattern recognition?

Accepted Answer

A)  Template-matching models are more rigid than human pattern recognition. 
B)  Template-matching models are more flexible than human pattern recognition. 
C)  Template-matching models are accurate compared with human pattern recognition. 
D)  Template-matching models account for most human pattern recognition,except for complex figures.

Question 15

In the cat's visual cortex,bar detectors:

Accepted Answer

A)  are general receptors that respond without regard to the width of the bar. 
B)  are specific to the position of the bar,but respond without regard to orientation. 
C)  respond positively to light in the center and negatively to light at the periphery,or vice versa. 
D)  respond only to very specific bar orientations,but without regard to width.

Question 16

Describe the evidence supporting the claim that the processing of faces is special.

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Question 17

According to _____,patterns are recognized by the combination of their elemental features.

Accepted Answer

A)  the template-matching theory 
B)  feature analysis 
C)  recognition-by-component theory 
D)  the prototype model

Question 18

Object recognition is similar to feature analysis in that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the same edge and bar detectors that serve feature analysis also serve object recognition. 
B)  the object is segmented and re-synthesized into a gestalt whole before recognition occurs. 
C)  objects can be viewed as configurations of simpler elements. 
D)  mental blueprints probably exist for objects at a more complex level.

Question 19

Voicing and place of articulation are features of morphemes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The words "sip" and "zip" differ in which feature of speech?

Accepted Answer

A)  the consonantal feature 
B)  coarticulation 
C)  the place of articulation 
D)  voicing

Exam 2: Perception

Nearer objects move across the retinal field faster than more distant objects due to:

Visual agnosia refers to an inability to recognize visual objects that is not related to general intellectual loss or the loss of basic sensory abilities.

Explain how texture gradient,stereopsis,and motion parallax contribute to our visual system's ability to form a 3-D representation of the world.

Unlike brain areas devoted to other senses,the visual cortex is not laid out topologically.

Someone who suffers from associative agnosia:

Patients with associative agnosia have difficulty with the reception of sensory information and often are unable to identify simple shapes such as circles or triangles.

Differentiate between apperceptive agnosia and associative agnosia.

What is the difference between the early phase of visual perception and the later phase?

In speech perception research,the finding that individuals can't detect subtle differences in the pronunciation of different voiced phonemes and tend to divide such stimuli into one of two types of verbal stimuli is known as _____ perception.

Hubel and Weisel's groundbreaking work on the primary visual cortex of cats demonstrated that these two types of cells-_ detectors and _ detectors-exist there and play an integral part in visual perception.

Which aspect of perception is related to the software programs known as CAPTCHAs?

Visual agnosia,the inability to recognize objects because of damage to the cerebral cortex,is broken down into two subtypes: _ and _ agnosia.

The right half of the right eye is connected to the right hemisphere.

How do template-matching models compare with human pattern recognition?

In the cat's visual cortex,bar detectors:

Describe the evidence supporting the claim that the processing of faces is special.

According to _____,patterns are recognized by the combination of their elemental features.

Object recognition is similar to feature analysis in that:

Voicing and place of articulation are features of morphemes.

The words "sip" and "zip" differ in which feature of speech?