Chapter 7 Test Bank Questions | PSYC 1200 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Chapter 7 Test Bank Questions | PSYC 1200 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 The act of perceiving DEFINITION 1 is rapid, automatic, and unconsious TERM 2 We become aware of the process of visual perception DEFINITION 2 only after the process is complete TERM 3 A perception is to ____ as a sensation is to ______. DEFINITION 3 the scene; the elements TERM 4 Visual perception occurs in the DEFINITION 4 brain TERM 5 The optic nerves send visual information from the ______, which in turn, sends it to the ______. DEFINITION 5 thalanmus, primary visual cortex TERM 6 The visual cortex consists of the primary area and two levels of association cortex, one DEFINITION 6 that surrounds the primary area and the other divided between the parietal and temporal lobes. TERM 7 According to Hubel and Wiesel's research, the DEFINITION 7 map of hte retaina that apprears on the primary visual cortex is like a mosaic TERM 8 Hubel and Wiesel determined that the geographic map of the retina in the primary visual cortex DEFINITION 8 over represented the center of the visual field TERM 9 The ______ is the specific part of the retina to which a module in the primary visual cortex responds. DEFINITION 9 receptive field TERM 10 Hubel and Wiesel discovered that the neutral circuits within a module in the primary visual cortex responded DEFINITION 10 to the movement, direction, orientation, color, and width of lines TERM 21 Lee's vision is completely in shades of black and white with no perception of other hues. He has a conditioned termed ________. DEFINITION 21 cerebral acromatopsia TERM 22 People with _____ are unable to recognize an object even though they have normal visual acuity and can still perceive color, movement, and fine details. DEFINITION 22 visual agnosia TERM 23 A neurological patient has normal visual acuity and visual defection. She can also read normally, but she is unable to recognize objects visually by their shape. Most likely she has damage in her DEFINITION 23 visual association cortex of the temporal lobe TERM 24 Because of damage to a visual association cortex, Henry has a problem recognizing all kinds of objects. However, his visual acuity is normal and he can still perceive color, movement, and fine details. Henry has a condition called DEFINITION 24 visual agnosia TERM 25 People with_____ have much difficulty recognizing other people's faces, including the faces of friends and relatives DEFINITION 25 prosopagnosia TERM 26 Paulina was unable to recognize her husband by sight even though she could identify him by his voice as soon as he spoke. She was displaying the symptoms of DEFINITION 26 prosopagnosia TERM 27 Suppose that you own several dogs. After sustaining damage to your visual association cortex, you can no longer tell your dogs' faces apart. Which diagnosis is most likely? DEFINITION 27 Prosopagnosia TERM 28 Prosopagnosia is to ______ as archromatopsia is to_____. DEFINITION 28 faces, color TERM 29 ______ is a form of _____ DEFINITION 29 Prosopagnosia, visual agnosia TERM 30 Suppose you are lying on your back in the middle of a big, grassy field watching a flock of geese fly overhead against the backdrop of big, fluffy clouds. In this scene, psychologist would consider the ____ to be the "ground" DEFINITION 30 clouds TERM 31 The classification of an object as figure or ground depends on DEFINITION 31 whether the observer is focusing on the object or not TERM 32 Space is enclosed by a continuous boundary will most likely be perceived as DEFINITION 32 a figure TERM 33 Gestalt psychologist argued that our visual system analyzes DEFINITION 33 the visual object as a whole TERM 34 "The whole is more than the sum of its parts" actually means DEFINITION 34 the meaning of a visual stimulus cannot be recognized by mere analysis of its separate elements. TERM 35 To perceive stimuli that are positioned closest together as belonging together is the Gestalt law of DEFINITION 35 proximity