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2.1.1 - Introduction

Scott Hekking 9 questions

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  1. 1What is transduction?
    1. AConverting forms of energies into neural code to be processed by different parts of the brain
    2. BConverting forms of energies into physical phenomena, i.e. neural energy into the movement of a limb
    3. CThe process by which the brain sorts different neural signals as they criss-cross into the forebrain
    4. DThe process by which the brain sorts different neural signals as they criss-cross into the midbrain
  2. 2Perception is the act of giving meaning to a detected sensation.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  3. 3Which of the following is NOT the difference between objective and subjective evaluations?
    1. ASensing the temperature of ice cream vs. perceiving flavour
    2. BSensing the wind vs. perceiving the fan blowing on you
    3. CSensing the texture of the chocolate bar vs. perceiving how it tastes
    4. DSensing the vibration of your phone vs. perceiving your friends phone vibrating
  4. 4Are these concentric circles?Image for question 4
    1. AYes, but we perceive them as non-concentric
    2. BNo, they are non-concentric
    3. CNo, but we perceive them as concentric
  5. 5What is an emergent property?
    1. AA property gathered from minimal perceptual information
    2. BA property derived from a larger schema
    3. CA property based on the salience of other stimuli
    4. DA property gathered by the cerebral cortex
  6. 6The Principal Challenge is the relationship between physical stimulus and its perceived properties being very simple.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  7. 7Functional specialisation of brain areas relates to the visual brain consisting of many different visual areas, which are functionally specialised to process and perceive different attributed of the visual scene. Which of the following are NOT one of these different attributes of a visual scene?
    1. ABrightness
    2. BColour
    3. CSize
    4. DSequence
    5. EOrganism
  8. 8Fill in the blanks:

    Different processing channels parse the incoming signals into ________ streams to provide a compact, efficient input to the brain, every brain area receives and sends multiple visual _____ and outputs.
    1. Aparallel, inputs
    2. Bperpendicular, inputs
    3. Cparallel, return
    4. Dperpendicular, return
  9. 9What makes CAPTCHAs so hard for computers to crack?
    1. AThey require a high level of visual processing that computers do not possess
    2. BThey do not possess the ability to pull text from images

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Undergraduate 2 - PSYC2071 - Perception and Cognition (2.1 - Introduction) Quiz on 2.1.1 - Introduction, created by Scott Hekking on 28/07/2015.
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