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Let's say that you run a deprivation experiment in which kittens were raised from birth in an environment containing only horizontal stripes. Based on the research by Blakemore and Cooper (1970) , how will this affect cells in their visual cortex?

A) the cells will respond to only horizontal lines
B) the cells will respond mostly to horizontal lines, but still quite a lot to vertical lines
C) the cells will respond mostly to vertical lines and partially to horizontal lines
D) no effect at all- the cells will still respond to lines at all orientations
E) the cells will now only respond to vertical lines

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When sensory information is interpreted relative to pre-existing ideas, knowledge, and concepts then this type of processing occurs:

A) Parallel
B) Top-down
C) Figure-ground
D) Bottom-up

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In observing fluid travelling on the cochlea, you note that there is a wave peak close to the oval window. According to von Bekesy and place theory, this should be interpreted as

When vision is restored to adults who have been blind for their entire lives, they typically never fully adjust to the visual world. Examples like these demonstrate the _.

Abby Jane stands at the side of her newborn sister's crib and views her sister through the bars of the crib. Despite the interruption in her view caused by the slats of the crib, Abby Jane perceives her baby sister as a whole because of the:

The depth perception cues that require the use of both eyes are called .

The motion pictures and illusory movement of lights around a theatre marquee are best considered examples of:

Hearing aids may correct many forms of conduction deafness, but they do little to rectify problems caused by deafness.

When we watch a motion picture, we perceive it as continuous even though it is really being shown at 24 frames per second. This is because of the Gestalt principle of

According to the Gestalt principle of , we have a tendency to perceive objects that are near one another as belonging together.

Recognizing familiar stimuli under varying conditions and in different contexts is called ________.

Stroboscopic movement refers to:

The most accurate order of the stages in sensory processing and perception of information is from:

If the Weber fraction for tonal pitch is 1/333, then to be able to judge a comparison tone as higher in pitch than one at 3330 Hz it must be at least:

A promptness to perceive stimuli in a specific way is called:

When perceiving the distance of an object, Matt tends to rely on the relative size of the object, as well as the texture and clarity of the object. These cues are referred to as his ________ cues.

Alex loves baseball and especially his hometown team. He knows all the statistics for each player and can often accurately predict which pitch a pitcher will throw to a specific batter and which pitches a batter will tend to miss. Alex is using his knowledge of Baseball and his past experiences to perceive new information at each game. Alex is Relying on _.

The perceptual constancy that allows us to recognize a person from several different angles is called size constancy.

When shown a picture of a hunting scene, African people perceived the hunter as attempting to kill a baby elephant, while Westerners tended to perceive that the hunter was after another animal and thought that the baby elephant was actually an adult elephant off in the distance. These results were presented as an example of the lack of consistency across cultures of depth cues.

The Muller-Lyer illusion occurs when a line appears longer when the V-shaped lines at its ends radiate outward. Cross cultural research on this illusion has found that: