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PSYC 230 Exam 3 Questions and Answers
Top-down processing is: Ans: A process whereby our existing
knowledge of objects influences how we perceive them
The process by which multiple objects in the environment are
grouped, allowing us to identify multiple objects in complex
scenes, is known as: Ans: Perceptual Organization
Figure-Ground organization is: Ans: The experience viewers have
as to which part of image is in front and which part of an image is
in the background of a particular scene
The perception of a physically absent but inferred edge, allowing
us to complete the perception of a partially hidden object, is
known as: Ans: Edge completion
T/F Previous knowledge and experience with objects forever
changes the way we perceive and identify those objects in the
future. Ans: True
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Geons are: Ans: The basic units of objects, consisting of simple
shapes such as cylinders and pyramids
Face agnosia, that is, a neurological injury resulting in a deficit in
perceiving faces, is known as: Ans: Prosopagnosia
Looser and Wheatley (2010) pointed out that all human minds
have faces, but not all faces have human minds. In their study:
Ans: They used electroencephalographic (EEG) technology to look
at responses to photographs of real faces and photographs of
dolls and mannequins.
The storage and/or reconstruction of information in memory when
that information is not in use is known as Ans: Representation
The process by which multiple objects in the environment are
grouped, allowing us to identify multiple objects in complex
scenes, is known as Ans: Perceptual organization
Quiroga et al. (2005) were able to examine single-cell recordings of
human beings prior to brain surgery. They found that: Ans: The
specific cells in the medial temporal lobe appeared to be specific
to individual people
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PSYC 230 Exam 3 Questions and Answers
Top-down processing is: Ans: A process whereby our existing
knowledge of objects influences how we perceive them
The process by which multiple objects in the environment are
grouped, allowing us to identify multiple objects in complex
scenes, is known as: Ans: Perceptual Organization
Figure-Ground organization is: Ans: The experience viewers have
as to which part of image is in front and which part of an image is
in the background of a particular scene
The perception of a physically absent but inferred edge, allowing
us to complete the perception of a partially hidden object, is
known as: Ans: Edge completion
T/F Previous knowledge and experience with objects forever
changes the way we perceive and identify those objects in the
future. Ans: True
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Geons are: Ans: The basic units of objects, consisting of simple
shapes such as cylinders and pyramids
Face agnosia, that is, a neurological injury resulting in a deficit in
perceiving faces, is known as: Ans: Prosopagnosia
Looser and Wheatley (2010) pointed out that all human minds
have faces, but not all faces have human minds. In their study:
Ans: They used electroencephalographic (EEG) technology to look
at responses to photographs of real faces and photographs of
dolls and mannequins.
The storage and/or reconstruction of information in memory when
that information is not in use is known as Ans: Representation
The process by which multiple objects in the environment are
grouped, allowing us to identify multiple objects in complex
scenes, is known as Ans: Perceptual organization
Quiroga et al. (2005) were able to examine single-cell recordings of
human beings prior to brain surgery. They found that: Ans: The
specific cells in the medial temporal lobe appeared to be specific
to individual people
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