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In speech perception research, the finding that individuals can’t detect subtle differences in the pronunciation of different voiced phonemes and tend to divide such stimuli into one of two types of verbal stimuli is known as ____________ perception.
A) voice onset B) all-or-none C) innate language D) categorical |
D) Categorical
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As much as ___% of the primate brain is devoted to the visual sense.
A) 20 B) 35 C) 50 D) 70 |
C) 50%
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Visual agnosia, the inability to recognize objects because of damage to the cerebral cortex, is broken down into two subtypes: ________________ and _____________ agnosia.
A) temporal; parietal B) apperceptive; associative C) deep; surface D) cortical; limbic |
B) Apperceptive; Associative
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Which of the following is not a step in the recognition of an object according to Biederman’s recognition-by-components theory?
A) segment the object into subobjects B) classify the category of each subobject C) compare each subobject to stored representations of similar objects D) recognize the object as a pattern composed of the pieces |
C) Compare each subobject to stored representations of similar objects IS NOT a step in the recognition of objects
(Page 47-48) |
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Hubel and Weisel’s groundbreaking work on the primary visual cortex of cats demonstrated that these two types of cells—_________ detectors and ________ detectors—exist there and play an integral part in visual perception.
A) center; surround B) pyramidal; fusiform C) what; where D) edge; bar |
D) Edge; Bar
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Neuroscientists have identified a region of the temporal lobe that becomes active whenever faces are presented. They refer to this area as the:
A) fusiform gyrus. B) arcuate fasciculus. C) hippocampus. D) Wernicke’s area. |
A) Fusiform Gyrus
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Software programs known as CAPTCHAs are used in research and practical applications in this field of perception—______________.
A) Color B) Movement C) Distance D) Pattern |
D) Pattern
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Which of the following theories of pattern recognition states that the stimulus and the context provide two independent sources of information about the identity of the stimulus?
A) template-matching B) FLMP model C) recognition-by-components D) feature analysis |
B) FLMP model
(page 58) |
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The axons of which type of retinal cell coalesce and form the optic nerve?
A) ganglion B) bipolar C) amacrine D) horizontal |
A) Ganglion
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Which of the following is not a cue that the visual system is able to pick up to judge distance?
A) relative size B) relative clarity C) closure D) linear perspective |
C) Closure IS NOT a cue used to judge distance
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Which theory of visual pattern recognition explains our ability to recognize objects by positing that the visual system compares new stimuli with existing memory traces of previous seen similar stimuli to determine if the new item is familiar?
A) prototype matching B) recognition-by-components C) template matching D) feature analysis |
C) Template matching
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In Kuhl’s study (1987), she demonstrated which of the following?
A) Categorical perception exists for some speech sounds but not others. B) Non-human animals have categorical perception for human speech sounds. C) Older adults do not have categorical perception for speech sounds. D) Humans show visual categorical perception. |
B) Non-human animals have categorical perception for human speech sounds.
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When an individual relies on experience, context, or general knowledge about the world to guide his/her perception of a stimulus, that person is performing which type of processing?
A) parallel B) top-down C) serial D) bottom-up |
B) Top-Down
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