Question 1

If a Gestalt psychologist was baking a cake for an event, what would they be most focused on?

Accepted Answer

A)   the oven
B)   the cake
C)   the flour
D)   the flavor

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of an effect of top-down processing?

Accepted Answer

A)   Recognizing a crying friend's sounds as words in a sentence
B)   Seeing a flash of lightning in a thunderstorm
C)   Walking all around a car and always knowing it's a car
D)   Perceiving all of the birds in a flock as belonging together

Question 3

Which of the following is true about Bayesian inference?

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A)   The probability of an outcome is determined by chance.
B)   The probability of an outcome is determined solely by the likelihood of the outcome.
C)   The probability of an outcome is determined by the prior probability and the likelihood of the outcome.
D)   The probability of an outcome is determined solely by our initial belief about the probability of an outcome.

Question 4

Describe the function of mirror neurons. Why do you think intention plays a role in the mirroring process? Give an example to support your thinking.

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Question 5

Which of the following is a basic principle of Gestalt psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)   Many parts make up a whole.
B)   Truth is relative.
C)   Apparent motion is due to sensation.
D)   The whole is different from the sum of its parts. D

Question 6

Which of the following would have the most semantic regularities?

Accepted Answer

A)   a forest
B)   a skyscraper
C)   a shopping mall
D)   a toll booth

Question 7

The saying, "If you've seen one, you've seen 'em all" best reflects which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   principle of similarity
B)   law of pragnanz
C)   semantic regularities
D)   likelihood principle

Question 8

The landmark discrimination problem is more difficult to do if you have damage to your _____ lobe.

Accepted Answer

A)   frontal
B)   temporal
C)   parietal
D)   occipital

Question 9

Evidence for the role of top-down processing in perception is shown by which of the following examples?

Accepted Answer

A)   When someone can easily select a target that has a feature distinct from distracters
B)   When someone cannot read an illegible word in a written sentence
C)   When someone easily identifies an object even though that object is unexpected in that context (e.g., identifying a telephone inside a refrigerator) 
D)   When someone accurately identifies a word in a song on a radio broadcast despite static interfering with reception

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT an example of a physical regularity in your text?

Accepted Answer

A)   The oblique effect
B)   The light-from-above assumption
C)   Angled orientation
D)   Having one object that is partially covered by another "come out the other side"

Question 11

Which of the following is true about perception?

Accepted Answer

A)   It occurs separately from action.
B)   It is mostly automatic.
C)   It involves rapid processes.
D)   It is the result of many cognitions such as creating memories, acquiring knowledge, and solving problems.

Question 12

You look at a rope coiled on a beach and are able to perceive it as a single strand because of the law of

Accepted Answer

A)   good continuation.
B)   simplicity.
C)   familiarity.
D)   good figure.

Question 13

When does bottom-up processing start?

Accepted Answer

A)   When environmental energy stimulates the receptors
B)   When an electrical signal is passed to the brain
C)   When motor neurons at the extremities are activated
D)   When the brain encodes information received by the receptors

Question 14

The perception pathway corresponds to the _____ pathway, while the action pathway corresponds to the _____ pathway.

Accepted Answer

A)   where; what
B)   what; where
C)   size; distance
D)   distance; size

Question 15

In the text's use of the Olympic Rings example, which Gestalt law contributes to the correct perception of five interlocking circles rather than nine separate segments?

Accepted Answer

A)   Simplicity
B)   Contiguity
C)   Figure-ground
D)   Common fate

Question 16

Amhad is doing an experiment in which he has to choose between the object he has been shown previously (the target object)  and another object. Choosing the target object will result in a reward. What sort of task is Amhad doing?

Accepted Answer

A)   Landmark discrimination problem
B)   Dissociation task
C)   Greeble recognition task
D)   Object discrimination problem D

Question 17

What is the process of unconscious inference?

Accepted Answer

A)   When our subconscious mind interferes with our conscience
B)   When our unconscious perceptions align with our conscious perceptions
C)   When our perceptions are the result of inferences that we make about the environment
D)   When our subconscious interferes with what we perceive from our retinas C

Question 18

The task of determining the object responsible for a particular image on one's retina is called the

Accepted Answer

A)   radiated wavelength paradox.
B)   inverse projection problem.
C)   serial location task.
D)   fusiform face role.

Question 19

Entering a church service and seeing someone selling hot dogs and cotton candy from a cart near the altar would be perceived as a violation of

Accepted Answer

A)   mirror neurons.
B)   natural selection.
C)   scene schema.
D)   pragnanz.

Question 20

The theory of unconscious inference includes the

Accepted Answer

A)   oblique effect.
B)   likelihood principle.
C)   principle of componential recovery.
D)   principle of speech segmentation.

Exam 3: Perception

If a Gestalt psychologist was baking a cake for an event, what would they be most focused on?

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Which of the following is an example of an effect of top-down processing?

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Which of the following is true about Bayesian inference?

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Describe the function of mirror neurons. Why do you think intention plays a role in the mirroring process? Give an example to support your thinking.

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Which of the following is a basic principle of Gestalt psychology?

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Which of the following would have the most semantic regularities?

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The saying, "If you've seen one, you've seen 'em all" best reflects which of the following?

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The landmark discrimination problem is more difficult to do if you have damage to your _____ lobe.

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Evidence for the role of top-down processing in perception is shown by which of the following examples?

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a physical regularity in your text?

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Which of the following is true about perception?

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You look at a rope coiled on a beach and are able to perceive it as a single strand because of the law of

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When does bottom-up processing start?

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The perception pathway corresponds to the _____ pathway, while the action pathway corresponds to the _____ pathway.

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In the text's use of the Olympic Rings example, which Gestalt law contributes to the correct perception of five interlocking circles rather than nine separate segments?

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Amhad is doing an experiment in which he has to choose between the object he has been shown previously (the target object) and another object. Choosing the target object will result in a reward. What sort of task is Amhad doing?

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