PSY 357 Exam 2 Elliott Cal Poly (Chapters 6 (Memory), 10
(Language), and 11 (Visual Knowledge) Questions With
Complete Solutions
"feral children" Correct Answers need a communicative
partner to learn language; depends on humane genome and
human environment; no documented cases rehabilitated
acquisition Correct Answers gaining information and placing it
into memory
ambiguous bi-stable images: perception is active Correct
Answers Necker cube; is it a rabbit or a duck?
aphantasia Correct Answers inability to form mental images
aphasia Correct Answers disruption of language
articulatory rehearsal loop Correct Answers subvocalization:
launches rehearsal loop
phonological buffer: passively stores sound representation
bilingualism Correct Answers bilingual children learn both
languages quickly (same rate as monolinguals); temporarily
smaller vocabulary (difference in "home words" and "school
words")
may encourage better executive functions
binocular rivalry card 1 Correct Answers two visual stimuli
presented at same time, same location but are different colors;
3D glasses limit each image to one eye
, binocular rivalry card 2 Correct Answers visual system cannot
easily combine (differently colored) inputs
subjects indicate with button push what they are ware of
visualization can affect which eye dominates (visualize house
=> perceive house; visualize face => perceive face)
boundary extensions Correct Answers pictures remembered as
containing more information than they actually provided
"zooming out"
may be consistent with one's experience of the picture
broca's aphasia Correct Answers nonfluent aphasia; intact
language comprehension, impaired production (can speak
coherent sentences but with a lot of effort)
categorical perception Correct Answers we are better at hearing
differences between categories ("g" versus "k")
categorical perception: voice onset time (experiment) card 1
Correct Answers VOT is the time at which vocal folds are
engaged; [pa] delayed or [ba] immediate
categorical perception: voice onset time (experiment) card 2
Correct Answers continuous perception predicts gradual change
in perception between [ba] and [pa]
actual results indicate abrupt change in perception from [ba] to
[pa]
central executive Correct Answers in charge of lower-level
aspects of WM; "helpers," where plans or decisions are made
(Language), and 11 (Visual Knowledge) Questions With
Complete Solutions
"feral children" Correct Answers need a communicative
partner to learn language; depends on humane genome and
human environment; no documented cases rehabilitated
acquisition Correct Answers gaining information and placing it
into memory
ambiguous bi-stable images: perception is active Correct
Answers Necker cube; is it a rabbit or a duck?
aphantasia Correct Answers inability to form mental images
aphasia Correct Answers disruption of language
articulatory rehearsal loop Correct Answers subvocalization:
launches rehearsal loop
phonological buffer: passively stores sound representation
bilingualism Correct Answers bilingual children learn both
languages quickly (same rate as monolinguals); temporarily
smaller vocabulary (difference in "home words" and "school
words")
may encourage better executive functions
binocular rivalry card 1 Correct Answers two visual stimuli
presented at same time, same location but are different colors;
3D glasses limit each image to one eye
, binocular rivalry card 2 Correct Answers visual system cannot
easily combine (differently colored) inputs
subjects indicate with button push what they are ware of
visualization can affect which eye dominates (visualize house
=> perceive house; visualize face => perceive face)
boundary extensions Correct Answers pictures remembered as
containing more information than they actually provided
"zooming out"
may be consistent with one's experience of the picture
broca's aphasia Correct Answers nonfluent aphasia; intact
language comprehension, impaired production (can speak
coherent sentences but with a lot of effort)
categorical perception Correct Answers we are better at hearing
differences between categories ("g" versus "k")
categorical perception: voice onset time (experiment) card 1
Correct Answers VOT is the time at which vocal folds are
engaged; [pa] delayed or [ba] immediate
categorical perception: voice onset time (experiment) card 2
Correct Answers continuous perception predicts gradual change
in perception between [ba] and [pa]
actual results indicate abrupt change in perception from [ba] to
[pa]
central executive Correct Answers in charge of lower-level
aspects of WM; "helpers," where plans or decisions are made
