PSYC 310 Quiz 7: Language | Questions and Answers | 2026/2027 Updated – Liberty University

PSYC 310 Quiz 7: Language | Questions
and Answers | 2026/2027 Updated –
Liberty University

In a random dot kinematogram, the shape of a defined region is detected by its: Motion
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The posterior superior temporal sulcus (STSp):
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is associated with the perception of biological motion. b b b b b b b



_____ movements are brief, rapid eye movements that change the focus of gaze from one location to a
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nother. Saccadic eye b



The corollary discharge signal is a copy of an eye-
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movement command from the _____ to the extraocular muscles. b Superior Colliculus b b b b b b b b



A visual illusion in which a stationary element of the visual scene appears to be moving in a direction
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opposite to the direction of motion experienced during the immediately preceding time interval is kno
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wn as a(n): b Motion Aftereffect
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MT neurons are tuned to:
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Beckers and Zeki (1995) used transcranial magnetic stimulation to create a deliberate temporary deac
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tivation of _____ done at just the right moment relative to the presentation of a moving-dot stimulus.
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Area MT b



In the context of the aperture problem, a V1 neuron views the world through a small aperture and has n
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o way of "knowing" what is going on elsewhere in the: Retinal image
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With a point- b b



light walker display, a viewer can distinguish a runner from a dancer or a person walking on a sidewal
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k from one on a trampoline, and accurately perceive the display:
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when light points are placed on the joints. b b b b b b b



While reading, _____ prevents a blur on the retina.
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The text defines _____ as the selection of some source of sensory stimulation for increased cognitive
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processing. Attention
In the dichotic listening procedure, shadowing technique requires the listener to:
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Repeat one of the two messages as it is being presented b b b b b b b b b b



The inability of a person to quickly detect changes in complex visual scenes is called:
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Change blindness b



Selectively attending to some information by moving one's eyes is called: b Overt attention b b b b b b b b b b



The attentional cuing, with valid, invalid, and neutral cues, in the Posner cuing task signals that respo
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nse time(s): Fastest with the valid cue
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D.B., a 34-year- b b



old man in the text, reported that he could not see anything in his left visual field after a surgery. Howe
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ver, tests in which D.B. was required to point to the places in his left visual field where spots of light w
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ere being presented—
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despite his conviction that he was unable to see the spots and was simply guessing—
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revealed that he could locate the spots quite accurately, especially when they were relatively large. Th
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is phenomenon is called:
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