chapters 5-10

Question 1

When an infant exhibits dishabituation, the researcher concludes that the

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infant can tell the difference

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the ability to perceive a rod as being continuous behind an occluding block

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can be accomplished by three-year-olds

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her increased gaze is a reflection of a

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scene schema in action

Question 3

land and hayhoe (2001) found that ______ are most important

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the task demands

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parkhurst et al. (2002) showed that observers make initial fixations in a visual scene based on

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stimulus saliency

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the eye movements that occur as the observer shifts his/her gaze are called

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saccades

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according to the FIT features of an object are initially processed in the

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pre attentive stage

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________ is when a stimulus that is not attended is not perceived

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inattentional blindness

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the incidence of change blindness _____ when a cue is added to a scene

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decreases

Question 9

optic flow neurons have been found in the monkey’s

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medical superior temporal (MST) area

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the neurons that signal the monkey’s intention to grab an object are mostly found in the

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parietal reach region (PRR)

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MST neurons that respond to flow

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can be selective to outward-expanding or circular motions

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according to land and lee, drivers look

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straight ahead, but not directly at the focus of expansion

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mirror neurons in the monkey fire

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when the monkey sees the experimenter grasp a piece of food, and when the monkey also grasps the food

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if you close both of your eyes while standing on one foot,

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you lose your balance more quickly than if your eyes are closed

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when expert gymnasts close their eyes while performing a somersalt, they perform

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more poorly

Question 16

M.P, a person with brain damage that resulted in the inability to name objects, could

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identify objects more accurately when given the function of the object

Question 17

information that remains constant even though the observer is moving is called

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optic flow

Question 18

bats are able to determine depth by using

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echolocation

Question 19

an insect is mostly likely to use ____ to perceive depth

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movement parallax

Question 20

the ability to use binocular disparity as a depth cue

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can be tested using random dot stereogram

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motion parallax

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is widely used to create depth in cartoons and videogames

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stereoscopic depth perception

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is defined as depth perception created by input from both eyes

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the imaginery plane in which all objects project to corresponding points in the left and right retina is

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the haropter

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individuals suffering from “walleye” have difficulty with depth perception because

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the visual system suppresses vision in one eye in order to avoid having the experience of double vision

Question 25

of the oculomotor depth cues, convergence is ______ than accommodation

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more effective

Question 26

__________ is the difference in the images in the two eyes; _____ is the impression of depth that results from this info

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binocular disparity; stereopsis

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__________ is a term used to describe conditions in which movements between the two eyes are not coordinated

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strabismus

Question 28

When light is mixed it is referred to as _______

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an additive color mixture.

Question 29

Opponent neurons found in the ______ provide physiological support for the opponent-process theory.

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both the retina and LGN

Question 30

Physiological evidence shows that deuteranopes do not have the _____ wavelength cone pigment.

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medium

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A monochromat experiences

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black, white, and grays

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stimuli that are physically different, but are perceptually identical, are called

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metameters

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when paint is mixed in is referred to

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a subtractive color mixture

Question 34

The trichromatic theory of color vision is also known as the _________ theory.

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Young-Helmholtz

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Adding more white to a color changes the color’s

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saturation

Question 36

By changing _______, we can create about a million (or more) discriminable colors.

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saturation, intensity, and wavelength

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The reflectance curve is a plot of the light reflected off a surface as a function of

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wavelength