1. “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ease
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a. were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. have yet to be developed. ff ff ff ff
2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
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a. Developing speech recognition c. Devising robots that can “see.” ff ff ff ff ff ff
systems.
b. Treating hearing problems. ff ff d. All of these. ff ff
3. Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
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d. All of these. ff ff
4. The study of perception can overlap with
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a. medicine. c. philosophy.
b. computer science. ff d. all of these. ff ff
5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process?
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a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b. Neural Processing d. Behavioral Responses
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6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons
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iscalled
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a. refraction. c. reduction.
b. transduction. d. construction.
7. ff is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal
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(pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical
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responseresulting in the dispensing of money).
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a. Knowledge c. Action
b. Transference d. Transduction
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is the
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a. transduced image. c. visual image. ff ff
b. environmental stimulus. d. perception. ff
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, 9. The image projected on the retina is best described as a
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a. representation. c. replication.
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10. Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high”
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levelfunctions such as language, memory, and thinking?
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a. Brain stem c. Hypothalamus ff
b. Cerebral cortex d. Occipital lobe ff ff
11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the
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a. action c. transduction
b. attention d. recognition
12. Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
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a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at
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perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at
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knowledge.
c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
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d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
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13. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat-
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man”figure, the person will most likely report seeing
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a. a rat, because of the effect of knowledge.
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our species.
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c. a rat, because of the effect of action.
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d. a rat or a man equally.
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14. Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is
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blurry.Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes
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in the class and he can see read the “P” and the “Q”. What allows him to read the board?
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a. Bottom-up processing c. Top-down processing ff ff
b. Oblique processing d. Compression ff
15. ff ff processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors. ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
a. Bottom-up c. Top-down
b. Oblique d. Receptor
16. Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
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a. only top-down processing. ff ff
b. only bottom-up processing. ff ff
c. both top-down and bottom-up processing. ff ff ff ff
d. only data-based processing. ff ff
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