Exam 3 Psyc 230 – UIUC Questions With Correct Answers

Exam 3 Psyc 230 – UIUC Questions With
Correct Answers
object ||agnosia ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-Inability ||to ||recognize ||objects ||using ||only ||vision.



top-down ||processing ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-a ||process ||whereby ||our ||existing ||knowledge ||
of ||objects ||influences ||how ||we ||perceive ||them



bottom-up ||processing ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-a ||process ||whereby ||physical ||stimuli ||


influence ||how ||we ||perceive ||them



recognition ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-the ||ability ||to ||match ||a ||presented ||item ||with ||an ||item ||
in ||memory



representation ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-the ||storage ||and/or ||reconstruction ||of ||information ||
in ||memory ||when ||that ||information ||is ||not ||in ||use



perceptual ||organization ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-the ||process ||by ||which ||multiple ||objects ||in
||the ||environment ||are ||grouped, ||allowing ||us ||to ||identify ||multiple ||objects ||in ||complex ||


scenes



grouping ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-the ||process ||by ||which ||elements ||in ||a ||figure ||are ||brought
||together ||into ||a ||common ||unit ||or ||object




Segregation ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-the ||process ||of ||distinguishing ||two ||objects ||as ||being ||
distinct ||or ||discrete

,figure-ground ||organization ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-the ||experience ||viewers ||have ||as ||to ||
which ||part ||of ||an ||image ||is ||in ||front ||and ||which ||part ||of ||an ||image ||is ||in ||the ||background ||of
||a ||particular ||scene




Gestalt ||Psychology ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-In ||terms ||of ||vision, ||gestalt ||argues ||that ||what ||
we ||see ||is ||greater ||than ||its ||individual ||parts. ||That ||is, ||the ||process ||of ||perception ||are ||
designed ||to ||see ||the ||scene ||rather ||that ||bits ||of ||light ||here ||and ||there. ||Stimuli ||were ||
sufficiently ||rich ||in ||structure ||to ||allow ||the ||perceptual ||system ||to ||extract ||meaning ||directly ||
from ||the ||stimuli ||rather ||than ||building ||it ||up ||from ||an ||image ||of ||thought. ||The ||whole ||is ||
different ||from ||the ||sum ||of ||its ||parts.



How ||symmetry ||and ||convexity ||affect ||figure-ground ||organization ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-
Symmetry: ||

images ||that ||are ||more ||likely ||to ||be ||seen ||as ||figure ||and ||therefore ||in ||the ||foreground, ||
whereas ||less ||symmetrical ||images ||are ||more ||likely ||to ||be ||perceived ||as ||background ||

Convexity:

Images ||with ||convex ||borders ||are ||more ||likely ||to ||be ||seen ||as ||figure, ||whereas ||those ||with ||
concave ||borders ||are ||more ||likely ||to ||be ||seen ||as ||ground. ||(stevens ||and ||brookes ||1988)



law ||of ||good ||continuation ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-grouping ||law ||stating ||that ||edges ||that ||
are ||smooth ||are ||more ||likely ||to ||be ||seen ||as ||continuous ||than ||edges ||that ||have ||abrupt ||or ||
sharp ||angles



law ||of ||proximity ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-grouping ||law ||stating ||that ||elements ||that ||are ||
close ||together ||tend ||to ||be ||perceived ||as ||a ||unified ||group



law ||of ||similarity ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-grouping ||law ||stating ||that ||elements ||that ||are ||
similar ||to ||one ||another ||tend ||to ||be ||perceived ||as ||a ||unified ||group



Law ||of ||Symmetry ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-grouping ||law ||stating ||that ||elements ||that ||are ||
symmetrical ||to ||each ||other ||tend ||be ||be ||perceived ||as ||a ||unified ||group

, perceptual ||interpolation ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-the ||process ||by ||which ||the ||visual ||system ||
fills ||in ||hidden ||edges ||and ||surfaces ||in ||order ||to ||represent ||the ||entirety ||of ||a ||partially ||visible
||object




edge ||completion ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-the ||perception ||of ||a ||physically ||absent ||but ||


inferred ||edge, ||allowing ||us ||to ||complete ||the ||perception ||of ||a ||partially ||hidden ||object



illusory ||contours ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-perceptual ||edges ||that ||exist ||because ||of ||edge ||
completion ||but ||are ||not ||actually ||physically ||present



recognition ||by ||components ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-a ||theory ||stating ||that ||object ||
recognition ||occurs ||by ||representing ||each ||object ||as ||a ||combination ||of ||basic ||units ||(geons) ||
that ||make ||up ||that ||object; ||we ||recognize ||an ||object ||by ||the ||relation ||of ||its ||geons



Geons ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-the ||basic ||units ||of ||objects, ||consisting ||of ||simple ||shapes ||
such ||as ||cylinders ||and ||pyramids



viewpoint ||invariance ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-the ||perception ||that ||an ||object ||does ||not ||
change ||when ||an ||observer ||sees ||the ||object ||from ||a ||new ||vantage ||point



template ||theories ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-theories ||of ||pattern ||recognition ||which ||assert ||
that ||there ||is ||a ||mental ||representation ||for ||each ||of ||the ||patterns ||to ||be ||recognized



Area ||V4 ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-an ||area ||of ||the ||brain ||involved ||in ||both ||color ||vision ||and ||
shape ||perception



inferotemporal ||area ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-the ||area ||of ||the ||temporal ||lobe ||involved ||in ||
object ||perception; ||it ||receives ||input ||from ||V4 ||and ||other ||areas ||in ||the ||occipital ||lobe