Question 1

A masking stimulus is primarily used to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   stop persistence of vision
B)   increase the duration of persistence of vision?
C)   increase the area of the "region-of-interest"
D)   hide the purpose of the experiment from participants

Question 2

State, define, and give an example (in words and/or drawings) for each of five Gestalt principles of perceptual organization.

Accepted Answer

The principle of good continuation state...

Question 3

The preferential looking technique showed that infants as young as _____ will look at their mother's face than a stranger's face.

Accepted Answer

A)   two-days-old
B)   one-week-old?
C)   one-month-old?
D)   six-months-old?

Question 4

Humans use the _____ to distinguish shape from shading.

Accepted Answer

A)   environmental assumption
B)   light-from-above assumption?
C)   proximity principle?
D)   delayed-matching principle?

Question 5

Wundt is to _____ as Wertheimer is to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   structuralism; Gestalt psychology
B)   Gestalt psychology; structuralism
C)   functionalism; structuralism
D)   psychophysics; metaphysics

Question 6

The demonstration of apparent movement provides support for the Gestalt approach because _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   the phenomenon cannot be explained by sensations alone
B)   the phenomenon relies exclusively on the perceiver's past experience?
C)   the images used do not follow the principle of common region?
D)   the phenomenon relied on figure/ground segregation?

Question 7

The ability to recognize faces, including identifying expressions, is not fully developed until approximately _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   late infancy
B)   early childhood
C)   late childhood
D)   adolescence or early adulthood

Question 8

The _____ decoder is intended to discriminate between different categories of images, such as outdoor scenes and portraits.

Accepted Answer

A)   orientation
B)   structure?
C)   scene
D)   semantic

Question 9

Explain how grouping and segregation work together to organize perception.

Accepted Answer

Perceptual organization is the process b...

Question 10

Structuralists would be most likely to endorse which of the following statements

Accepted Answer

A)   Sensations and perceptions are the same "unit" of thought.
B)   The whole of something is greater than its parts.?
C)   The starting point for perceptions is the sensations that make them up.?
D)   Past experience plays little or no role in perception formation.?

Question 11

Describe two image-based factors that determine what area is seen as "figure" in an image with reversible figure-ground. Draw an example that demonstrates each factor.

Accepted Answer

One image-based factor proposed by the G...

Question 12

Humans need approximately _____ to perceive the gist of a scene.

Accepted Answer

A)   250 milliseconds
B)   1000 milliseconds?
C)   2 seconds?
D)   5 seconds?

Question 13

Gestalt psychologists used the example of illusory contours to support the claim that _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   perceptions are formed by combining sensations
B)   vision can be modeled on computer processing
C)   the whole is different than the sum of its parts
D)   experience determines perceptual interpretation

Question 14

Name and describe five "global image features".

Accepted Answer

Degree of naturalness. Natural scenes ha...

Question 15

Sally recently looked at some visual illusions. In one reversible-image illusion, she saw a vase in the middle of a blue box. What is Sally most likely to remember about this illusion

Accepted Answer

A)   details about the box
B)   the two faces on the side of the face?
C)   the vase she saw in the illusion?
D)   the lower half of the image?

Question 16

When Palmer (1975)  showed observers a kitchen scene and then a target picture, which picture was identified correctly 80% of the time

Accepted Answer

A)   A loaf of bread, because it matches the context of the scene
B)   A mailbox, because it seems so out-of-context, that it "pops-out"?
C)   A drum, because participants were music majors?
D)   A bedroom, because it is from the same category? A

Question 17

Border ownership means that when figure-ground segregation occurs, the border between the figure and background _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   seems to change color
B)   is perceived to be associated with the background?
C)   is perceived to be associated with the figure?
D)   seems to disappear? C

Question 18

The principle of _____ can account for grouping of stimuli that share orientation, shape, and/or size.

Accepted Answer

A)   segregation
B)   shape?
C)   identity?
D)   similarity

Question 19

Tong et al. (1998)  used binocular rivalry to test brain responses when the person perceived a house or a face. When the person perceived the house, activity in the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   PPA increased, but not in the FFA
B)   FFA increased, but not in PPA?
C)   PPA and the FFA increased?
D)   PPA and the FFA decreased A

Question 20

Corey looks at a flock of seagulls flying in one direction, when suddenly, five of the seagulls start flying in another direction. He now perceives two groups of birds, because of the Gestalt principle of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   common fate
B)   uniform connectedness?
C)   synchrony?
D)   pragnanz.?

Exam 5: Perceiving Objects and Scenes

A masking stimulus is primarily used to _____.

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State, define, and give an example (in words and/or drawings) for each of five Gestalt principles of perceptual organization.

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The preferential looking technique showed that infants as young as _____ will look at their mother's face than a stranger's face.

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Humans use the _____ to distinguish shape from shading.

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Wundt is to _____ as Wertheimer is to _____.

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The demonstration of apparent movement provides support for the Gestalt approach because _____.

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The ability to recognize faces, including identifying expressions, is not fully developed until approximately _____.

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The _____ decoder is intended to discriminate between different categories of images, such as outdoor scenes and portraits.

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Explain how grouping and segregation work together to organize perception.

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Structuralists would be most likely to endorse which of the following statements

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Describe two image-based factors that determine what area is seen as "figure" in an image with reversible figure-ground. Draw an example that demonstrates each factor.

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Humans need approximately _____ to perceive the gist of a scene.

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Gestalt psychologists used the example of illusory contours to support the claim that _____.

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Name and describe five "global image features".

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Sally recently looked at some visual illusions. In one reversible-image illusion, she saw a vase in the middle of a blue box. What is Sally most likely to remember about this illusion

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When Palmer (1975) showed observers a kitchen scene and then a target picture, which picture was identified correctly 80% of the time

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Border ownership means that when figure-ground segregation occurs, the border between the figure and background _____.

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The principle of _____ can account for grouping of stimuli that share orientation, shape, and/or size.

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Tong et al. (1998) used binocular rivalry to test brain responses when the person perceived a house or a face. When the person perceived the house, activity in the _____.

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Corey looks at a flock of seagulls flying in one direction, when suddenly, five of the seagulls start flying in another direction. He now perceives two groups of birds, because of the Gestalt principle of _____.

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