Question 1

With regard to perception,the term feature refers to

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A)  the most important aspect of a figure,such as its identity or name.
B)  a complex pattern of sensory stimulation,such as a face or word.
C)  any combination of elements that requires attention for processing,such as the conjunction of color and shape.
D)  a fundamental component of a visual pattern,such as edge orientation or color.

Question 2

When a person who has learned to read proficiently subsequently develops reading problems as a result of brain injury,this deficit is called

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A)  acquired agraphia.
B)  apperceptive agnosia.
C)  acquired alexia.
D)  apperceptive ataxia.

Question 3

Humphreys and Riddoch (1994) described a patient with a syndrome they called integrative agnosia,which was characterized by difficulty in

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A)  linking visual percepts to long-term knowledge about objects.
B)  combining parts of objects into coherent whole percepts.
C)  drawing and copying pictures of objects.
D)  matching different view of an objects as representing the same item.

Question 4

According to Farah,face perception is holistic whereas word reading is accomplished by analysis by parts.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Patients with apperceptive agnosia typically present with large scotomas or a hemianopsia.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

You,a neurologist,have just met a patient who suffered a stroke last year and is having trouble identifying objects.Could this person be experiencing visual agnosia? What tasks could you ask the patient to perform to help you determine the source of the problem?

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Yes, it is possible that the patient is ...

Question 7

The patient D.F. ,studied by Goodale and Milner (1982) ,had severe problems with object recognition.When presented with a circular block into which a slot had been cut,

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A)  D.F.was able to insert a card into the slot when asked to do so,even though she was unable to follow the instruction to orient the card so that it would fit.
B)  D.F.was able to orient the card so that it would fit into the slot but was not able to insert the card into the slot when asked to do so.
C)  D.F.was unable to deduce that this object could be used to contain slips of paper.
D)  D.F.was able to deduce that this object could be used to contain slips of paper but was unable to provide a name for the object.

Question 8

________ is the ability to recognize an object under many different viewing conditions and in many different contexts.

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A)  Ensemble coding
B)  Object constancy
C)  Apperceptive agnosia
D)  Geon perception

Question 9

One critical distinction in the task of face recognition versus that of reading may be that

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A)  face recognition requires holistic analysis,whereas reading requires analysis by parts.
B)  face recognition can be intact in visual agnosia,but reading is always impaired in visual agnosia.
C)  face recognition depends on "face cells," whereas reading requires "word cells."
D)  face recognition deficits always accompany reading deficits,but the reverse is not true.

Question 10

The "what" versus "where" distinction is supported by single-cell recording studies showing that neurons in the ________ lobes have receptive fields that are almost always located in the fovea,where high-acuity vision takes place.

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A)  anterior occipital
B)  inferior temporal
C)  posterior parietal
D)  superior temporal

Question 11

The statement "recognition of a visual pattern at a later time occurs only if you can match the stimulus to its exact stored representation" best describes ________ theories of pattern perception.

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A)  view-dependent
B)  object-centered
C)  recognition-by-parts
D)  semantic categorization

Question 12

Patients with prosopagnosia typically have difficulty recognizing

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A)  the faces of famous people but not those of their family.
B)  the faces of their family but not those of their friends.
C)  the faces of their friends but not those of famous people.
D)  the faces of both their friends and famous people.

Question 13

The ERP component associated with face perception is the

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A)  N170.
B)  MMN.
C)  N400.
D)  LAN.

Question 14

Why is object constancy a difficult computational problem for the visual system? Describe some potential invariances that can occur when we view the same object under different circumstances.How do view-dependent and view-invariant approaches to perception explain object constancy?

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Question 15

The term gnostic unit refers to

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A)  a network of neurons that collectively encode a region in space.
B)  a network of neurons that collectively recognize a complex object.
C)  a single neuron that can encode a region in space.
D)  a single neuron that can recognize a complex object.

Question 16

An undercover agent notices a green car parked outside her apartment building when she leaves for work at 8 a.m.Later she notices the same car in a store parking lot and becomes suspicious that she is being followed.The agent's ability to recognize the car under these two different circumstances is an example of

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A)  viewer-centered object recognition.
B)  object constancy.
C)  perceptual categorization.
D)  property-based organization.

Question 17

Some researchers have argued that a specialized face-processing region can be found in the

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A)  lingual gyrus.
B)  Heschl's gyrus.
C)  fusiform gyrus.
D)  angular gyrus.

Question 18

Which of the following statements does NOT explain why some patients are visually agnosic for living (animate) things versus nonliving (inanimate) things?

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A)  Knowledge about different categories of objects may be represented in different parts of the brain.
B)  Inanimate objects may activate kinesthetic representations that animate objects do not.
C)  Animate objects may share more visual features than inanimate objects.
D)  There are more familiar animate objects in the environment than inanimate objects.

Question 19

Pohl (1973) conducted a study of the "what" and "where" pathways in brain-lesioned monkeys using two different tasks: a landmark discrimination task,which required a visuospatial judgment,and an object discrimination task,which required object recognition.He found that monkeys with temporal lobe lesions became severely impaired in learning the ________ task but not the ________ task.Monkeys with posterior parietal lesions showed the ________ pattern of performance.

Accepted Answer

A)  object discrimination / landmark discrimination / same
B)  landmark discrimination / object discrimination / same
C)  object discrimination / landmark discrimination / opposite
D)  landmark discrimination / object discrimination / opposite

Question 20

Which of the following is a brain region that would likely be implicated in processing spatial relations in an outdoor scene?

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A)  The fusiform place area (FP
A)  
B)  The parahippocampal place area (PP
A)  
C)  The fusiform face area (FF
A)  
D)  The parahippocampal face area (PF
A)

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