Cognitive Psychology Exam 2
CONSIDER YOUR RECOGNITION OF THE LETTER "A" IN THIS PARTICULAR LETTER SEQUENCE, "ANT."
WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS DESCRIBES THE ROLE OF BOTTOM-UP PROCESSES?
A. Seeing a picture of an ant while looking at the work "ant" might facilitate recognition of the letter
B. Seeing the work "ant" in a sentence would facilitate your recognition of the "A"
C. You recognize the letter "A" because of the two slanted lines and crossline - ✔✔ correct answer C
SUPPOSE THAT YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CATEGORY "TEACHER" IS REPRESENTED IN YOUR
MEMORY IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE SPECIFIC TEACHERS YOU'VE KNOWN IN THE PAST. THIS
REPRESENTATION IS MOST CONSISTENT WITH THE ________ APPROACH TO CATEGORIZATION - ✔✔
correct answer Exemplar
THE EFFECTS CONTEXT, OR A BACKGROUND SCENE, HAS ON RECOGNIZING OBJECTS IS THAT - ✔✔
correct answer A consistent scene makes it easier to recognize the object
ACCORDING TO THE RECOGNITION-BY-COMPONENTS THEORY, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD
MAKE AN OBJECT MORE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY? - ✔✔ correct answer The object is obscured in such a
way that detection of it component parts is prevented
ONE RESOLUTION OF THE IMAGE-BASED VS. PARTS-BASED (OR "VIEW BASED") OBJECT RECOGNITION
DEBATE IS THAT WE USE VIEW-BASED MECHANISMS TO MAKE GROSS DISCRIMINATIONS AND PARTS-
BASED TO MAKE FINE ONES - ✔✔ correct answer True
THE OLFACTORY-VERBAL GAP IS - ✔✔ correct answer The difficulty people have in correctly identifying
odors
THE EXPERIMENT BY TANAKA AND FARAH (1993) THAT COMPARED RECOGNITION OF FACES AND
OBJECTS (E.G., HOUSES) DEMONSTRATED THAT FACES TEND TO BE RECOGNIZED: - ✔✔ correct answer
Holistically
WHICH GENDER IS BETTER AT RECOGNIZING FACIAL EMOTIONS? - ✔✔ correct answer Female
, Cognitive Psychology Exam 2
THE EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE OR INTUITION PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT LIVING THINGS AND HOW THEY WORK
IS KNOWN AS - ✔✔ correct answer Folk biology
BLAIS, JACK, SCHEEPERS, FISET, AND CALDARA (2008)FOUND - ✔✔ correct answer Western Caucasians
tended to focus on the eyes and surrounding areas, while East Asians focused on the nose region
ONE SIMILARITY BETWEEN CONNECTIONIST NETWORK MODELS OF THE BRAIN AND SEMANTIC
NETWORK MODELS OF MIND IS - ✔✔ correct answer Both types of models would agree that excitatory
connections underlie
THE FUNCTIONS OF CONCEPTS IN OUR EVERYDAY THINKING INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT -
✔✔ correct answer Slower and more careful thinking
THE FUZZY BOUNDARIES IN CATEGORIES IS BEST ILLUSTRATED BY - ✔✔ correct answer Bowling is "sort
of" like a sport, but also "sort of" like a game
IN TERMS OF CATEGORIZATION, FAMILY RESEMBLANCE MEANS - ✔✔ correct answer How many features
are shared with other category members
A PROBLEM WITH AN EXTREME VERSION OF THE EXEMPLAR APPROACH IS - ✔✔ correct answer It is not
economical to store every single example in memory
POST-ATTENTIVE PROCESS - ✔✔ correct answer Occur before attention is focused
OCCASIONS IN WHICH A PERSON'S ATTENTION IS INVOLUNTARY DRAWN TO SOME STIMULUS ARE
REFERRED TO AS - ✔✔ correct answer Attentional capture
THE MAJOR INDEPENDENT VARIABLE OF INTEREST IN STUDIES OF VISUAL SEARCH IS - ✔✔ correct
answer The number of terms in the visual display
TREISMAN AND GELADE (1980) HAD SUBJECTS SEARCH THROUGH BROWN TS AND GREEN XS TO FIND
TARGETS (BLUE TS). THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF _____, AND RT IN THIS CONDITION WOULD NOT BE
INFLUENCED BY DISPLAY SIZE. - ✔✔ correct answer Feature search
CONSIDER YOUR RECOGNITION OF THE LETTER "A" IN THIS PARTICULAR LETTER SEQUENCE, "ANT."
WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS DESCRIBES THE ROLE OF BOTTOM-UP PROCESSES?
A. Seeing a picture of an ant while looking at the work "ant" might facilitate recognition of the letter
B. Seeing the work "ant" in a sentence would facilitate your recognition of the "A"
C. You recognize the letter "A" because of the two slanted lines and crossline - ✔✔ correct answer C
SUPPOSE THAT YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CATEGORY "TEACHER" IS REPRESENTED IN YOUR
MEMORY IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE SPECIFIC TEACHERS YOU'VE KNOWN IN THE PAST. THIS
REPRESENTATION IS MOST CONSISTENT WITH THE ________ APPROACH TO CATEGORIZATION - ✔✔
correct answer Exemplar
THE EFFECTS CONTEXT, OR A BACKGROUND SCENE, HAS ON RECOGNIZING OBJECTS IS THAT - ✔✔
correct answer A consistent scene makes it easier to recognize the object
ACCORDING TO THE RECOGNITION-BY-COMPONENTS THEORY, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD
MAKE AN OBJECT MORE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY? - ✔✔ correct answer The object is obscured in such a
way that detection of it component parts is prevented
ONE RESOLUTION OF THE IMAGE-BASED VS. PARTS-BASED (OR "VIEW BASED") OBJECT RECOGNITION
DEBATE IS THAT WE USE VIEW-BASED MECHANISMS TO MAKE GROSS DISCRIMINATIONS AND PARTS-
BASED TO MAKE FINE ONES - ✔✔ correct answer True
THE OLFACTORY-VERBAL GAP IS - ✔✔ correct answer The difficulty people have in correctly identifying
odors
THE EXPERIMENT BY TANAKA AND FARAH (1993) THAT COMPARED RECOGNITION OF FACES AND
OBJECTS (E.G., HOUSES) DEMONSTRATED THAT FACES TEND TO BE RECOGNIZED: - ✔✔ correct answer
Holistically
WHICH GENDER IS BETTER AT RECOGNIZING FACIAL EMOTIONS? - ✔✔ correct answer Female
, Cognitive Psychology Exam 2
THE EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE OR INTUITION PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT LIVING THINGS AND HOW THEY WORK
IS KNOWN AS - ✔✔ correct answer Folk biology
BLAIS, JACK, SCHEEPERS, FISET, AND CALDARA (2008)FOUND - ✔✔ correct answer Western Caucasians
tended to focus on the eyes and surrounding areas, while East Asians focused on the nose region
ONE SIMILARITY BETWEEN CONNECTIONIST NETWORK MODELS OF THE BRAIN AND SEMANTIC
NETWORK MODELS OF MIND IS - ✔✔ correct answer Both types of models would agree that excitatory
connections underlie
THE FUNCTIONS OF CONCEPTS IN OUR EVERYDAY THINKING INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT -
✔✔ correct answer Slower and more careful thinking
THE FUZZY BOUNDARIES IN CATEGORIES IS BEST ILLUSTRATED BY - ✔✔ correct answer Bowling is "sort
of" like a sport, but also "sort of" like a game
IN TERMS OF CATEGORIZATION, FAMILY RESEMBLANCE MEANS - ✔✔ correct answer How many features
are shared with other category members
A PROBLEM WITH AN EXTREME VERSION OF THE EXEMPLAR APPROACH IS - ✔✔ correct answer It is not
economical to store every single example in memory
POST-ATTENTIVE PROCESS - ✔✔ correct answer Occur before attention is focused
OCCASIONS IN WHICH A PERSON'S ATTENTION IS INVOLUNTARY DRAWN TO SOME STIMULUS ARE
REFERRED TO AS - ✔✔ correct answer Attentional capture
THE MAJOR INDEPENDENT VARIABLE OF INTEREST IN STUDIES OF VISUAL SEARCH IS - ✔✔ correct
answer The number of terms in the visual display
TREISMAN AND GELADE (1980) HAD SUBJECTS SEARCH THROUGH BROWN TS AND GREEN XS TO FIND
TARGETS (BLUE TS). THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF _____, AND RT IN THIS CONDITION WOULD NOT BE
INFLUENCED BY DISPLAY SIZE. - ✔✔ correct answer Feature search
