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Elena looks at a banana and realizes that the banana is “eat-able.” This an example of
Select one: a. affordances. b. ataxia. c. texture gradient. d. optic flow. |
a. affordances.
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The movement of elements of the environment relative to the observer is called
Select one: a. tau movement. b. motion ecology. c. phi movement. d. optic flow. |
d. optic flow.
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The ecological approach was developed by
Select one: a. David Marr. b. J.J. Gibson. c. Max Wertheimer. d. Albert Gestalt. |
b. J.J. Gibson.
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PPR activity in humans occurs
Select one: a. only when making a saccade. b. only when making a smooth eye movement. c. only if the person has damage to the temporal lobe. d. when the observer holds a target location in his/her mind |
d. when the observer holds a target location in his/her mind
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When expert gymnasts closed their eyes when making a somersault, they performed
Select one: a. as well as with their eyes open, since doing the routine is automatic. b. better because they eliminated visual distractions. c. better because they usually train with their eyes closed. d. more poorly, because they couldn’t make “in-air” corrections. |
d. more poorly, because they couldn’t make “in-air” corrections.
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Affordances
Select one: a. provide a counterexample to Gibson’s ecological approach. b. are used to explain the flow of information between the retina and the LGN. c. provide the observer possibilities for action. d. occurs when a Mustang does the mambo. |
c. provide the observer possibilities for action.
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According to Gibson, the relationship between movement and flow is
Select one: a. movement creates flow, which then provides information to guiding further movement. b. flow and self-produced movement are related, but both are independent of guiding further movement. c. flow and movement are not related. d. movement creates flow, but this information does not affect further movement. |
a. movement creates flow, which then provides information to guiding further movement.
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According to Land and Lee, drivers negotiate curves by
Select one: a. use information in addition to optic flow. b. keeping the FOE invariant. c. looking directly at the road. d. using multiple affordances. |
a. use information in addition to optic flow
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Information that remains constant even though the observer is moving is called
Select one: a. penumbra constants. b. flow gradient. c. invariant information. d. texture gradient |
c.invariant information.
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Lee et al.’s studies found that
Select one: a. only young children are affected by flow information. b. only adults are affected by flow information. c. children will lean back when a forward-swaying flow pattern was created. d. adults were always able to keep their balance in the moving room. |
c. children will lean back when a forward-swaying flow pattern was created.
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Which of the following is true about the corollary discharge theory?
Select one: a. It can explain why an afterimage seems to be stationary as you move your eye to different fixation points. b. It can explain why you see a bird moving in flight when you are following it with your eyes. c. It has little behavioral support, but the comparator has been found in the IT cortex. d. It has much behavioral support, but no physiological support yet. |
b. It can explain why you see a bird moving in flight when you are following it with your eyes
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Larsen et al. (2006) showed that the activation of brain areas is
Select one: a. higher in area 17 when viewing real motion than when perceiving apparent motion. b. similar when viewing apparent motion and real motion. c. higher in the MST when viewing real motion than when viewing induced motion. d. higher in area 17 when viewing apparent motion than when perceiving real motion |
b. similar when viewing apparent motion and real motion.
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A mouse “freezes” when it sees a cat nearby. This assists the mouse’s survival because
Select one: a. being motionless reduces both the attention-attracting effect of motion, and the chance that the cat will see the mouse against the background. b. being motionless reduces the attention-attracting effect of motion. c. none of these; “freezing” does not affect the cat’s hunting ability. d. being motionless reduces the chance that the cat will see the mouse against the background. |
a. being motionless reduces both the attention-attracting effect of motion, and the chance that the cat will see the mouse against the background.
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Our ability to perceive movement when reading “message boards” used in advertising, is based on
Select one: a. movement aftereffects. b. apparent movement. c. “waterfall” effects. d. motion agnosia. |
b. apparent movement.
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The connection between MT neurons and movement perception has been supported by
Select one: a. both lesioning and microstimulation studies. b. neither lesioning nor microstimulation studies. c. lesioning studies. d. microstimulation studies |
a. both lesioning and microstimulation studies
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Pack and Born (2001) found that the combining of responses from V1 cells occurs after about ______ after presentation of the moving bars.
Select one: a. 900 msec b. 140 msec c. 1 msec d. 20 msec |
b. 140 msec
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Which of the following stimuli is most likely to show the greatest representational momentum?
Select one: a. a rocket b. a coffee mug c. a banana d. a house |
a. a rocket
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Kourtzi and Kanwisher (2000) used fMRI’s to show that “implied motion” stimuli cause
Select one: a. greater responses in the MT and MST than “non-implied motion” stimuli. b. less firing in the MT and MST than “non-implied motion” stimuli. c. less firing in the amygdala the “house” pictures. d. the same amount of firing in the MST as “house” pictures. |
a. greater responses in the MT and MST than “non-implied motion” stimuli.
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R.W., the man who had vertigo when he moved his eyes, had cortical damage that eliminated
Select one: a. corollary discharge signals. b. binocular cell firing. c. image movement signals. d. cortical magnification |
a. corollary discharge signals.
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An afterimage when viewed in the dark appears to move when you move your eyes. This is what the Corollary Discharge Theory would predict because
Select one: a. there is no IDS, but there is a CDS. b. there is no IDS and no CDS. c. none of these; the corollary discharge theory cannot explain this event. d. there is an IDS, but not a CDS. |
a. there is no IDS, but there is a CDS.
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The reflectance curve for a purple piece of paper would
Select one: a. reflect long wavelengths only. b. reflect all wavelengths equally. c. reflect short wavelengths. d. reflect long and short wavelengths. |
d. reflect long and short wavelengths.
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The wavelength distributions from a light bulb and from sunlight are
Select one: a. different, with the light bulb distribution having much higher amounts of energy at short wavelengths. b. exactly the same. c. different, with the light bulb distribution having much higher amounts of energy at long wavelengths. d. different, with the sunlight distribution having much higher amounts of energy at long wavelengths. |
c. different, with the light bulb distribution having much higher amounts of energy at long wavelengths.
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The major theories of color vision were first proposed
Select one: a. in the 1930s, based on some psychophysical data and lesioning studies. b. in the 1960s after Hubel and Wiesel’s pioneering research. c. in the 1800s, based on behavioral evidence only. d. in the 1990s when technologically advanced brain imaging studies could be conducted. |
c. in the 1800s, based on behavioral evidence only.
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The trichromatic theory of color vision is also known as the _________ theory.
Select one: a. Young-Adhart b. Hering c. Young-Helmholtz d. Seurat-Signac |
c. Young-Helmholtz
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Which of the following was NOT an opponent mechanism proposed by Hering?
Select one: a. Black (-); White (+) b. Blue (-); Yellow (+) c. Red (+); Green (-) d. Blue (+); Green (-) |
d. Blue (+); Green (-)
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A monochromat experiences
Select one: a. different shades of blue. b. black, grays, and greens. c. different shades of red. d. black, white, and grays. |
d. black, white, and grays.
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The neutral point for protonopes is approximately ___ nm.
Select one: a. 405 b. 570 c. 690 d. 492 |
d. 492
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Which of the following is behavioral support for the “opponent-process theory”?
Select one: a. color afterimages b. color matching c. the univariance effect d. visual pigment absorption rates |
a. color afterimages
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The maximum absorption for the long-wavelength cone pigment is at ____ nm.
Select one: a. 747 b. 558 c. 531 d. 419 |
b. 558
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Which of the following is phenomenological support for the “opponent-process theory” of color vision?
Select one: a. visualizing color combinations b. all of these c. color afterimages d. simultaneous color contrast |
b. all of these
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The size-distance scaling equation is S= K (R x D). The “S” in the equation stands for
Select one: a. an object’s physical size. b. an object’s physical shape. c. stimulus intensity. d. an object’s perceived size. |
d. an object’s perceived size.
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Bats are able to determine depth by using
Select one: a. convergence b. gustatory emissions. c. echolocation. d. stereopsis. |
c. echolocation.
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Deletion and accretion are
Select one: a. only important when both eyes are open. b. ineffective for judging depth in natural environments. c. especially effective when viewing non-moving displays. d. effective for detecting depth at an edge. |
d. effective for detecting depth at an edge.
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________ is the difference in the images in the two eyes; _____ is the impression of depth that results from this information.
Select one: a. Binocular disparity; stereopsis b. Binocular disparity; convergence c. Accretion; deletion d. Deletion; accretion |
a. Binocular disparity; stereopsis
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The size-distance scaling equation explains Emmert’s Law because
Select one: a. retinal size is constant as perceived distance changes. b. retinal size changes as perceived distance remains constant. c. perceived size remains constant as retinal size changes. d. perceived size changes as the color of the afterimage changes. |
a. retinal size is constant as perceived distance changes.
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The importance of _______________ is that these stimuli rely solely on binocular disparity to provide the impression of depth.
Select one: a. Mondrian patterns b. Moire stimuli c. stereographic photographs d. random dot stereograms |
d. random dot stereograms
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The size-distance scaling equation explains the Ames Room illusion because
Select one: a. we perceive the two people in the room to be of different sizes even though the size of the image on the retina is the same. b. we perceive the two people in the room to be different sizes because they are perceived to be at different distances away. c. we perceive the two people in the room to be different sizes because they are perceived to be at the same distance away and their retinal image size is different. d. we perceive the two people in the room to be the same size because the size of the image on the retina is the same. |
c. we perceive the two people in the room to be different sizes because they are perceived to be at the same distance away and their retinal image size is different.
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The imaginary plane in which all objects project to corresponding points in the left and right retina is
Select one: a. the univariance plane. b. Air Force One. c. the horopter. d. the constancy arc. |
c. the horopter.
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The anecdote in the book of the pilot misjudging the size of an object on the ground in whiteout conditions is most closely related to which research study?
Select one: a. Blake and Hirsch’s (1975) “selective rearing of kittens” study b. DeLucia and Hochberg’s (1985) “dumbbell Muller-Lyer” study c. Julesz’s (1971) “random-dot stereogram” study d. Holway and Boring’s (1941) “hallway” study |
d. Holway and Boring’s (1941) “hallway” study
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Motion parallax
Select one: a. is an important depth cue for amphibians, but not mammals. b. is not an effective cue for robot vision. c. is widely used to create depth in cartoons and video games. d. occurs when near objects are perceived as moving slower than distant objects |
c. is widely used to create depth in cartoons and video games.
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The condition of the patient of Zihl, et al., who had cortical lesions that affected her motion perception, is called
Select one: a. motion agnosia. b. prosopagnosia. c. stroboscopia. d. amblyopia. |
a. motion agnosia.
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A “point-light walker” wears lights on different body locations. When viewed in a dark room, an observer would perceive a(n)
Select one: a. person when the point-light walker is moving. b. person when the point-light walker is not moving. c. person if just one light on the person is moving. d. unidentifiable biological organism when the point-light walker is moving |
a. person when the point-light walker is moving.
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Freyd (1983) presented two pictures sequentially that implied motion, such as a person jumping off a low wall. In the “same” condition, the second picture was identical to the first; in the “time-forward” condition, the second picture was the jumper closer to the ground; and in the “time-backward condition, the jumper was further from the ground. The observer’s task was to respond whether or not the two pictures were the “same” or “different.” The response time was longest for
Select one: a. the “time-backward” condition. b. the “same” condition. c. both the “same” and “time-backward” conditions. d. the “time-forward” condition. |
d. the “time-forward” condition.
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The perceptual grouping of lights in biological motion has been shown physiologically to occur in the _______ area of the cortex.
Select one: a. anterior intraparietal b. premotor c. temporal sulcus d. lateral geniculate |
c. temporal sulcus
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Pack and Born (2001) found that the combining of responses from V1 cells occurs after about ______ after presentation of the moving bars.
Select one: a. 1 msec b. 900 msec c. 140 msec d. 20 msec |
c. 140 msec
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Larsen et al. (2006) showed that the activation of brain areas is
Select one: a. higher in area 17 when viewing real motion than when perceiving apparent motion. b. similar when viewing apparent motion and real motion. c. higher in the MST when viewing real motion than when viewing induced motion. d. higher in area 17 when viewing apparent motion than when perceiving real motion |
b. similar when viewing apparent motion and real motion.
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Camouflage can be interpreted as a problem of
Select one: a. the waterfall illusion. b. figure-ground segregation. c. induced movement. d. binocular disparity. |
b. figure-ground segregation.
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Movies: _______ :: Waterfall illusion: _____________.
Select one: a. movement aftereffects; stroboscopic movement b. real movement; apparent movement c. apparent movement; movement aftereffects d. apparent movement; induced movement |
c. apparent movement; movement aftereffects
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According to Corollary Discharge Theory, movement is perceived when
Select one: a. the comparator receives the corollary discharge signal and image displacement signal simultaneously. b. the comparator receives the corollary discharge signal alone or image displacement signal alone. c. the comparator finds dissimilarities between the local and global optic arrays. d. there is a disturbance in the global optic array. |
b. the comparator receives the corollary discharge signal alone or image displacement signal alone.
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A unilateral dichromat
Select one: a. can only see black, white, and grays. b. has trichromatic vision in one eye and dichromatic vision in the other eye. c. is more common in the U.S. than protonopes. d. can match any wavelength with three wavelengths in the comparison field, but is not as good as trichromats at discriminating small differences in wavelengths. |
b. has trichromatic vision in one eye and dichromatic vision in the other eye.
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Opponent neurons found in the ______ provide physiological support for the opponent-process theory.
Select one: a. LGN only b. superior colliculus only c. both the retina and LGN d. retina only |
c. both the retina and LGN
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Cerebral achromatopsia is when a person
Select one: a. has only two types of cone pigments. b. has normal cone functioning, but can not experience color due to a brain injury. c. has only one type of cone pigment due to genetic causes. d. paradoxically can experience color cortically from stimulation from the rods. |
b. has normal cone functioning, but can not experience color due to a brain injury.
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Uchikawa et al. demonstrated how _________ can explain why color constancy occurs.
Select one: a. the ratio principle b. neural circuitry c. chromatic adaptation d. isomerization |
c. chromatic adaptation
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Honeybees have a cone pigment that maximally absorbs wavelengths of _____ nm.
Select one: a. 710 b. 900 c. None of the above; visible light for honeybees and humans are the same range of wavelengths. d. 335 |
d. 335
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Nora adapts to a yellow stimulus for about 30 seconds. She will then see an afterimage that appears to be
Select one: a. blue. b. green. c. a saturated yellow. d. red. |
a. blue.
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An insect is most likely to use ______ to perceive depth.
Select one: a. movement parallax b. atmospheric perspective. c. size information d. all of these |
a. movement parallax
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If you hold one quarter about 12 inches from your eyes, and another quarter at arm’s length, the two quarters will be perceived to be about the same size when
Select one: a. only the right eye is open. b. viewed either binocularly or monocularly. c. both eyes are open. d. only the left eye is open. |
c. both eyes are open.
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According to Gregory’s misapplied size constancy scaling hypothesis, we perceive the “arrows pointing out” version of the Muller-Lyer illusion as
Select one: a. shorter, because it is perceived as being closer. b. longer, because it is perceived as being closer. c. longer, because it is perceived as being further away. d. shorter, because it is perceived as further away. |
a. shorter, because it is perceived as being closer.
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As Merrill watches his finger with both eyes open as he brings his finger closer to his nose, he feels his eye muscles working. Which depth cue is associated with the feeling he is getting from his eye muscles?
Select one: a. both accommodation and convergence b. accommodation c. convergence d. atmospheric perspective |
a. both accommodation and convergence
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Blake and Hirsch (1975) use selective rearing of kittens to show that
Select one: a. disparity-selective neurons are responsible for stereopsis. b. severing the optic chiasm increases the number of binocular cells. c. binocular neurons are not necessary for stereopsis. d. kittens are born with fully developed binocular cells. |
a. disparity-selective neurons are responsible for stereopsis.
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Deletion and accretion are
Select one: a. especially effective when viewing non-moving displays. b. ineffective for judging depth in natural environments. c. effective for detecting depth at an edge. d. only important when both eyes are open. |
c. effective for detecting depth at an edge.
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When Uka and DeAngelis microstimulated disparity-selective neurons in a monkey, the monkey made a behavioral depth response based on the
Select one: a. location of the horopter. b. tuning curve of the stimulated neurons. c. angle of disparity on the retina. d. orientation of the stimulus. |
b. tuning curve of the stimulated neurons.
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The depth cue that is responsible for perceiving depth in ViewMasters™ and “3-D” movies is
Select one: a. accommodation. b. binocular disparity. c. motion parallax. d. relative height. |
b. binocular disparity.
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If you close both your eyes while standing on one foot, Select one: a. you lose your balance more quickly than if your eyes are open. b. you can stand longer than if both eyes are open because you eliminate distracting visual information. c. you can stand longer than if just your “non-dominant” eye is open. d. you can stand longer with one eye open because you are eliminating binocular disparity cues.Feedback |
a. you lose your balance more quickly than if your eyes are open. |
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“Optical flow neurons” have been found in the monkey’s Select one: a. medial temporal (MT) cortex. b. area 17. c. area A1. d. medial superior temporal (MST) area. |
d. medial superior temporal (MST) area. |
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Britten and vanWezel used __________ to show that MST neurons help determine perception of the direction of movement. Select one: a. electrical stimulation of neurons b. ablation c. AEPs d. lesions |
a. electrical stimulation of neurons |
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Information that remains constant even though the observer is moving is called Select one: a. invariant information. b. penumbra constants. c. flow gradient. d. texture gradient. |
a. invariant information. |
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Affordances Select one: a. provide the observer possibilities for action. b. are used to explain the flow of information between the retina and the LGN. c. provide a counterexample to Gibson’s ecological approach. d. occurs when a Mustang does the mambo. |
a. provide the observer possibilities for action. |
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Lee et al.’s studies found that Select one: a. only young children are affected by flow information. b. only adults are affected by flow information. c. children will lean back when a forward-swaying flow pattern was created. d. adults were always able to keep their balance in the moving room. |
c. children will lean back when a forward-swaying flow pattern was created. |
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PPR activity in humans occurs Select one: a. when the observer holds a target location in his/her mind. b. only if the person has damage to the temporal lobe. c. only when making a saccade. d. only when making a smooth eye movement. |
a. when the observer holds a target location in his/her mind. |
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When expert gymnasts closed their eyes when making a somersault, they performed Select one: a. better because they usually train with their eyes closed. b. better because they eliminated visual distractions. c. as well as with their eyes open, since doing the routine is automatic. d. more poorly, because they couldn’t make “in-air” corrections. |
d. more poorly, because they couldn’t make “in-air” corrections. |
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The neurons that signal the monkey’s intention to grab an object are mostly found in the Select one: a. superior colliculus. b. parietal reach region (PRR). c. nystagmus parietal radius (NPR). d. hippocampus. |
b. parietal reach region (PRR). |
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Brian looks at the moon and some clouds at night. He perceives the moon moving through the clouds. This is an example of Select one: a. the stroboscopic effect. b. induced motion. c. the Shedlock effect. d. the Reichardt effect. |
b. induced motion. |
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Newsome, Britten, and Movshon found that as the coherence between the dots’ direction of movement increased Select one: a. the MT neuron fired more rapidly. b. the MT neuron fired less rapidly. c. the monkey judged the direction of movement less accurately. d. the MT neuron fired at rates less than the level of spontaneous activity. |
a. the MT neuron fired more rapidly. |
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Kourtzi and Kanwisher (2000) used fMRI’s to show that “implied motion” stimuli cause Select one: a. the same amount of firing in the MST as “house” pictures. b. greater responses in the MT and MST than “non-implied motion” stimuli. c. less firing in the MT and MST than “non-implied motion” stimuli. d. less firing in the amygdala the “house” pictures. |
b. greater responses in the MT and MST than “non-implied motion” stimuli. |
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As Dore runs through the park, the flow signals that he is moving and not the environment. Gibson calls this Select one: a. local disturbances in the optic array. b. the biopic flow. c. the global optical flow. d. deletion in the optic array. |
c. the global optical flow. |
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Percy is injected with a drug that paralyzes his eye muscles. When he is instructed to try to move his eye when looking a stationary scene, he perceives Select one: a. no movement, because his eye muscles can’t move. b. movement, because there is a CDS, but not an IDS. c. movement, because there is a CDS and an IDS. d. no movement, because the scene is stationary. |
b. movement, because there is a CDS, but not an IDS. |
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Which of the following stimuli is most likely to show the greatest representational momentum? Select one: a. a rocket b. a banana c. a coffee mug d. a house |
a. a rocket |
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The connection between MT neurons and movement perception has been supported by Select one: a. microstimulation studies. b. lesioning studies. c. both lesioning and microstimulation studies. d. neither lesioning nor microstimulation studies. |
c. both lesioning and microstimulation studies. |
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The pattern of firing of receptor activity in response to red would be Select one: a. large firing from the S receptor, large firing from the M receptor, and little firing from the L receptor. b. large firing from the S receptor, large firing from the M receptor, and large firing from the L receptor. c. little firing from the S receptor, a moderate firing from the M receptor, and large firing from the L receptor. d. large firing from the S receptor, medium firing from the M receptor, and little firing from the L receptor. |
c. little firing from the S receptor, a moderate firing from the M receptor, and large firing from the L receptor. |
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Blue and yellow paints mixed together yield Select one: a. green. b. purple. c. white. d. gray. |
a. green. |
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Cerebral achromatopsia is when a person Select one: a. has only one type of cone pigment due to genetic causes. b. has normal cone functioning, but can not experience color due to a brain injury. c. paradoxically can experience color cortically from stimulation from the rods. d. has only two types of cone pigments. |
b. has normal cone functioning, but can not experience color due to a brain injury. |
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The trichromatic theory of color vision states that color perception is due to Select one: a. the activity pattern in the occipital, parietal, and temporal cortical lobes. b. processing in layers 1,2, and 3 in the LGN. c. the pattern of activity in three different receptors. d. the pattern of activity in four different receptors. |
c. the pattern of activity in three different receptors. |
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Physiological evidence shows that deuteranopes do not have the _____ wavelength cone pigment. Select one: a. short b. medium c. long d. short and long |
b. medium |
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Which of the following statements is TRUE about dichromatism? Select one: a. There are nine major forms of dichromacy. b. Males are more likely to be dichromats than females. c. Experience, not genetics, is the major cause of dichromacy. d. There are six major forms of dichromacy. |
b. Males are more likely to be dichromats than females. |
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According to the ratio principle Select one: a. lightness constancy can never occur. b. lightness constancy will occur if the ratio of light reflected from a white surface and a black surface decreases as the overall light intensity increases. c. lightness constancy will occur as long as the ratio of light reflected from a white surface and a black surface remain constant. d. lightness constancy will occur if the ratio of light reflected from a white surface and a black surface increases as the overall light intensity increases. |
c. lightness constancy will occur as long as the ratio of light reflected from a white surface and a black surface remain constant. |
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According to Day’s “conflicting cues theory”, the perception of vertical line lengths depends on Select one: a. the actual length of the lines and the overall length of the figure. b. the actual length of the lines. c. the amount of texture gradient. d. the overall length of the figure. |
a. the actual length of the lines and the overall length of the figure. |
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The anecdote in the book of the pilot misjudging the size of an object on the ground in whiteout conditions is most closely related to which research study? Select one: a. DeLucia and Hochberg’s (1985) “dumbbell Muller-Lyer” study b. Julesz’s (1971) “random-dot stereogram” study c. Holway and Boring’s (1941) “hallway” study d. Blake and Hirsch’s (1975) “selective rearing of kittens” study |
c. Holway and Boring’s (1941) “hallway” study |
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According to Gregory’s misapplied size constancy scaling hypothesis, we perceive the “arrows pointing out” version of the Muller-Lyer illusion as Select one: a. shorter, because it is perceived as being closer. b. shorter, because it is perceived as further away. c. longer, because it is perceived as being further away. d. longer, because it is perceived as being closer. |
a. shorter, because it is perceived as being closer. |
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As Tyler looks down a railroad track, he perceives the sides of the tracks as becoming closer as the distance increases. This is an example of Select one: a. perspective convergence. b. convergence. c. familiar size. d. motion parallax. |
a. perspective convergence. |
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Ahmed is standing on a rooftop in a city. The buildings closer to him look sharper, and the buildings in the distance look hazier. This is an example of the depth cue Select one: a. occlusion. b. relative size. c. shadowing. d. atmospheric perspective. |
d. atmospheric perspective. |
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Bryce, a fan of the Houston Rockets basketball team, sees the player Yao Ming, who is 7’6” tall standing next to his coach Jeff VanGundy, who is less than 6 feet tall. Bryce correctly perceives the two men as being the same distance away from her. Which depth cue is most influencing here perception? Select one: a. familiar size b. relative height c. relative size d. accretion |
a. familiar size |
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The size-distance scaling equation explains Emmert’s Law because Select one: a. perceived size changes as the color of the afterimage changes. b. perceived size remains constant as retinal size changes. c. retinal size changes as perceived distance remains constant. d. retinal size is constant as perceived distance changes. |
d. retinal size is constant as perceived distance changes. |
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If you hold one quarter about 12 inches from your eyes, and another quarter at arm’s length, the two quarters will be perceived to be about the same size when Select one: a. both eyes are open. b. viewed either binocularly or monocularly. c. only the left eye is open. d. only the right eye is open. |
a. both eyes are open. |
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A ________ is able to make use of binocular disparity, because it has _______ eyes. Select one: a. monkey; lateral b. cat; frontal c. rabbit; lateral d. rabbit; frontal |
b. cat; frontal |
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What depth cue could be classified as a binocular cue and an oculomotor cue? Select one: a. stereopsis b. accommodation c. accretion d. convergence |
d. convergence |
