PSYC 230 Exam 3 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Top-down processing is: - CORRECT ANSWER -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: - CORRECT ANSWER -Perceptual
Organization
Figure-Ground organization is: - CORRECT ANSWER -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: - CORRECT ANSWER -Edge completion
T/F Previous knowledge and experience with objects forever changes the way we perceive and
identify those objects in the future. - CORRECT ANSWER -True
Geons are: - CORRECT ANSWER -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:
- CORRECT ANSWER -Prosopagnosia
Looser and Wheatley (2010) pointed out that all human minds have faces, but not all faces have
human minds. In their study: - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Representation
The process by which multiple objects in the environment are grouped, allowing us to identify
multiple objects in complex scenes, is known as - CORRECT ANSWER -Perceptual
organization
Quiroga et al. (2005) were able to examine single-cell recordings of human beings prior to brain
surgery. They found that: - CORRECT ANSWER -The specific cells in the medial
temporal lobe appeared to be specific to individual people
Which school of psychology is associated with the following statement: "The perception that
emerges from a physical scene may not be directly predicted by the sensory components that it is
composed of, but emerges when we integrate the components into a whole" - CORRECT
ANSWER -Gestalt psychology
Bottom-up processing is: - CORRECT ANSWER -A process whereby physical stimuli
influence how we perceive them
Top-down processing is - CORRECT ANSWER -A process whereby our existing
knowledge of objects influences how we perceive them
The color quality of light, corresponding to the color names we use such as orange, green,
indigo, and cyan, is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER -Hue
What is the difference between additive and subtractive color mixing? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Additive color mixing is what happens when we mix lights of different colors,
whereas subtractive color mixing occurs when we mix paints or other colored materials.
The principle whereby any single cone system is colorblind, in the sense that different
combinations of wavelength and intensity can result in the same response from the cone system,
is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER -Univariance
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Top-down processing is: - CORRECT ANSWER -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: - CORRECT ANSWER -Perceptual
Organization
Figure-Ground organization is: - CORRECT ANSWER -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: - CORRECT ANSWER -Edge completion
T/F Previous knowledge and experience with objects forever changes the way we perceive and
identify those objects in the future. - CORRECT ANSWER -True
Geons are: - CORRECT ANSWER -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:
- CORRECT ANSWER -Prosopagnosia
Looser and Wheatley (2010) pointed out that all human minds have faces, but not all faces have
human minds. In their study: - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Representation
The process by which multiple objects in the environment are grouped, allowing us to identify
multiple objects in complex scenes, is known as - CORRECT ANSWER -Perceptual
organization
Quiroga et al. (2005) were able to examine single-cell recordings of human beings prior to brain
surgery. They found that: - CORRECT ANSWER -The specific cells in the medial
temporal lobe appeared to be specific to individual people
Which school of psychology is associated with the following statement: "The perception that
emerges from a physical scene may not be directly predicted by the sensory components that it is
composed of, but emerges when we integrate the components into a whole" - CORRECT
ANSWER -Gestalt psychology
Bottom-up processing is: - CORRECT ANSWER -A process whereby physical stimuli
influence how we perceive them
Top-down processing is - CORRECT ANSWER -A process whereby our existing
knowledge of objects influences how we perceive them
The color quality of light, corresponding to the color names we use such as orange, green,
indigo, and cyan, is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER -Hue
What is the difference between additive and subtractive color mixing? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Additive color mixing is what happens when we mix lights of different colors,
whereas subtractive color mixing occurs when we mix paints or other colored materials.
The principle whereby any single cone system is colorblind, in the sense that different
combinations of wavelength and intensity can result in the same response from the cone system,
is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER -Univariance
