Question

Question at position 1
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Multiple Choice
3 points



Question at position 1

Perception is the process of:


bottom-up creation of images and experiences.


organizing and interpreting sensory input.


picking up information and relaying it to the brain.


top-down creation of images and experiences.

Question at position 2
2

Multiple Choice
3 points



Question at position 2

A Gestalt psychologist would say that:


it is important to realize the small pieces in everything we see.


we see a whole instead of many small pieces.


perception is important in recognizing subgroups.


a large picture cannot be seen, only the small pieces.

Question at position 3
3

Multiple Choice
3 points



Question at position 3

When our brain fills in missing pieces, this is called:


Gestalt psychology.


closure.


fabulation.


the feature phenomenon.

Question at position 4
4

Multiple Choice
3 points



Question at position 4

Neurons that respond to specific types of lines are examples of:


top-down processors.


figure detectors.


figure processors.


feature detectors.

Question at position 5
5

Multiple Choice
3 points



Question at position 5

When children sound out a word to try and figure out what it is, this is an example of:


parallel processing.


bottom-up processing.


feature detection.


top-down processing.

Question at position 6
6

Multiple Choice
3 points



Question at position 6

Top-down processing can be best described as:


perceiving what is shown in an image and then looking at individual pieces of it.

changing smoothly, without distinct stages.


recognizing objects apart from the background.

looking at individual pieces of an image and then perceiving what the entire image shows.
Question at position 7
7

Multiple Choice
3 points



Question at position 7

A person turns around and you do not see his face, but you still know it is the same person. This is an example of:


top-down processing.


perceptual constancy.

perceptual set.

dual processing.

Question at position 8
8

Multiple Choice
3 points



Question at position 8

Most of our brain's activity is:


sensory.

unconscious.


conscious.


unnecessary.

Question at position 9
9

Multiple Choice
3 points



Question at position 9

The importance of the mind as part of the body is an example of:


the holistic sense of self


the embodied mind


the articulated mind


the separated mind

Question at position 10
10

Multiple Choice
3 points



Question at position 10

The idea that our bodies help our minds think is called:


unconscious mind


embodied cognition


sensory cognition


embodied mind

Answer 1

1. organizing and interpreting sensory input.
2. we see a whole instead of many small pieces.
3. closure.
4. feature detectors.
5. bottom-up processing.
6. perceiving what is shown in an image and then looking at individual pieces of it.
7. perceptual constancy.
8. unconscious.
9. the embodied mind.
10. embodied cognition.