SENSATION AND PERCEPTION TEST BANK
GOLDSTEIN AND BROCKMOLE ACTUAL
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ ________ described attention as "the taking possession of the mind,
in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously
possible objects or trains of thought.". Answer: James
◉ The eye movements that occur as the observer shifts his/her gaze
from one part of the visual scene to another are called. Answer: saccades
◉ Vaco is playing basketball, and does a "no-look" pass to a teammate.
This demonstrates the idea that attention. Answer: can occur without
directly looking at the object.
◉ When a person scans a visual scene, he/she usually makes about ____
fixation(s) per second.. Answer: three
◉ Kelly is participating in an attention study. She is asked to fixate on a
cross in the middle of the screen and watch for a word to appear in place
of the cross. When the word appears she is using ______ attention to
perceive it.. Answer: overt
, ◉ People tend to fixate first on high contrast or unique (relative to the
surrounding area) points in a visual scene. This is a result of
__________ and is a ___________ process.. Answer: stimulus salience;
bottom-up
◉ _________ can be generated based on saliency principles and used to
predict early fixations in a scene.. Answer: Saliency maps
◉ Parkhurst et al. (2002) showed that observers make initial fixations in
a visual scene based on. Answer: stimulus saliency.
◉ Larissa looks at a still picture of a football game. She uses her
knowledge of football to look at the quarterback first, then the running
backs, then the wide receivers, then the linebackers. This is an example
of using ________ to guide attention.. Answer: knowledge
◉ Nicki walks into her friend's bathroom and sees a blender next to the
sink. She spends more time looking at that blender than she would have
spent looking at a soap dispenser in the same position. Her increased
gaze is a reflection of a ________ in action.. Answer: scene schema
◉ "Learning from past experience" as a factor involved in attention was
demonstrated by Shinoda et al. (2001), who showed that drivers are
more likely to detect stop signs when they were positioned. Answer: at
the intersection.
GOLDSTEIN AND BROCKMOLE ACTUAL
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ ________ described attention as "the taking possession of the mind,
in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously
possible objects or trains of thought.". Answer: James
◉ The eye movements that occur as the observer shifts his/her gaze
from one part of the visual scene to another are called. Answer: saccades
◉ Vaco is playing basketball, and does a "no-look" pass to a teammate.
This demonstrates the idea that attention. Answer: can occur without
directly looking at the object.
◉ When a person scans a visual scene, he/she usually makes about ____
fixation(s) per second.. Answer: three
◉ Kelly is participating in an attention study. She is asked to fixate on a
cross in the middle of the screen and watch for a word to appear in place
of the cross. When the word appears she is using ______ attention to
perceive it.. Answer: overt
, ◉ People tend to fixate first on high contrast or unique (relative to the
surrounding area) points in a visual scene. This is a result of
__________ and is a ___________ process.. Answer: stimulus salience;
bottom-up
◉ _________ can be generated based on saliency principles and used to
predict early fixations in a scene.. Answer: Saliency maps
◉ Parkhurst et al. (2002) showed that observers make initial fixations in
a visual scene based on. Answer: stimulus saliency.
◉ Larissa looks at a still picture of a football game. She uses her
knowledge of football to look at the quarterback first, then the running
backs, then the wide receivers, then the linebackers. This is an example
of using ________ to guide attention.. Answer: knowledge
◉ Nicki walks into her friend's bathroom and sees a blender next to the
sink. She spends more time looking at that blender than she would have
spent looking at a soap dispenser in the same position. Her increased
gaze is a reflection of a ________ in action.. Answer: scene schema
◉ "Learning from past experience" as a factor involved in attention was
demonstrated by Shinoda et al. (2001), who showed that drivers are
more likely to detect stop signs when they were positioned. Answer: at
the intersection.
