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1Imperfect brain-eye coordination, or a different map in the brain than on the retina, is called what?
(Clue: The pattern of neural firing that lets you find the bathroom at night)- Aspatial maps
- Battentional maps
- Cretinal maps
- Dneural-optic maps
2The aperture problem is offset by what?
- Aboth signals from the parietal lobe and overlapping columns in the brain
- Boverlapping columns in the brain
- Csignals from the parietal lobe
- Dboth signals from the occipital lobe and overlapping columns in the brain
3What is it called, when an image is not on the horoptor?
- Avisual saccades
- Bperipheral vision
- Cabsolute disparity
- Dsteriopsis
4Direct foveal focus on an attended object is what?
- Afixation
- Bovert attention
- Cattention
- Dcovert attention
5This questions how we perceive individual features:
- Afeature integration theory
- Baperture problem
- Cbinding problem
- Dcoherence
6Where is the landmark area of the brain?
- Aparietal region
- Bright parahyppocampal gyrus
- Cmid temporal lobe
- Doccipital lobe
7How objects are analyzed into separate features:
ie. the red ball is: red, round- Afeature integration theory
- Bbinding
- Cpre-attentive stage
- Daperture
8What things comprise attention
- Aaccomodation & convergence
- Badjustment & convergence
- Cvisual scanning & fixation
- Dconcentration & fixation
9Neurons that respond when you engage in a behavior or see someone engaged in a behavior are what?
- Avisual dominant mirror neurons
- Bmotor dominant parietal neurons
- Cvisual dominant motor neurons
- Dmirror neurons
10Where are mirror neurons located?
- Ain the parietal region
- Bin the pre-frontal cortex
- Cin the occipital lobe
- Din the pre-motor cortex
11This refers to the physical properties of whatever a person is looking at, things that make an object come into focus (such as color, contrast, lines, etc.)
- Astimulus salience
- Bsalience
- Cattentional capture
- Dattentional detail
12What kind of processing does stimulus salience use?
- ANeural processing
- BBottom-up processing
- CTop-down processing
- DKnowledge-based processing
13How much a task requires from a person's capacity is what? Difficult tasks require more of this:
- Aload capacity
- Bcapacity load
- Cperceptual load
- Dperceptual capacity
14Structures created by the surfaces, textures, and the contours of the environment are?
- Astimulus
- Boptic array
- Ctexture gradient
- Dsalient
15Theory that there is a part of the brain that receives and compares both image displacement signals and corollary discharge signals:
- Afigure-integration theory
- Bcomparison theory
- Cfigure-comparison theory
- Dcomparator theory
16Specialized neurons that link specific sights and sounds are:
- Aaudiovisual neurons
- Baudiovisual mirror neurons
- Cparietal neurons
- Dmirror neurons
17Where do people focus when going around curves?
- Aon the focus of expansion
- Bon the destination
- Con the arch of the curve
- Don the road
18That when you stare at something for long enough and then look away, you will still see it is called what?
- Amirroring
- Bafter-images
- Cafter-effects
- Dlocal disturbances of the optic array
19As you move and things are uncovered, what is it called?
What is it called when you move and things are covered?- Aaccretion, deletion
- Bsteriopsis, horopsis
- Cdeletion, accretion
- Dlocal disturbances of the optic array
20What are local disturbances of the optic array?
- Awhen things are coming at you they appear to shrink and move together, and when things are going away from you they appear to grow and expand
- Bwhen things that are coming at you they appear to grow and expand, and when things are going away from you they appear to shrink and move together
- Cthings that get your attention to a specific location
- Dthat as you move, stationary background objects are uncovered and covered
21What gets your attention to a specific location?
- Aspatial attention
- Bstimulus salience
- Cscene schemas
- Dscene statistics
22that identifying information in the retinal image is correlated to the depth of a scene is called:
- Ainvarient information
- Bidentifying information
- Cscene maps
- Dcue approach to depth perception
23the aperture problem is what?
- Awhen you cannot perceive motion causing things to appear strobe like
- Bwhen you feel like everything is moving even when it is not
- Cwhen you cannot tell if something is moving or not
- Dwhen you cannot tell the depth of something
24When movement depicted in a still photo appears to continue to move in one's mind it is called:
- Arepresentational momentum
- Binduced motion
- Crelational momentum
- Dillusory motion
25Where does an image appear if it does not appear on the horoptor?
- Ain the sterioptor
- Bin the fovea
- Cin the focus of expansion
- Din the periphery
26What is the pattern of neural firing that allows you to find the potty on the blackest of nights?
- Aretinal mapping
- Battentional mapping
- Cspatial mapping
- Darea mapping
27What part of the brain does attentional mapping deal with?
- Athe parietal region
- Bthe superior temporal sulcrus
- Cthe right parahippocampal gyrus
- Dmid temporal sulcrus
28of all the things in the world, what we focus on in a given moment is called what?
- Aattention
- Bfixation
- Cattentional capture
- Dstimulus salience
29occular motor cues work with
- Aadjustment & convergence
- Baccomodation & convergence
- Caccomodation & fixation
- Dattention & fixation
30How do comic books allow you to visualize the story moving?
- Arelational momentum
- Brelational movement
- Crepresentational movement
- Drepresentational momentum
31where is the memory place in the brain?
- Athe pre-motor cortex
- Bthe pre-frontal cortex
- Cthe right parahippocampal gyrus
- Dthe parahippocampal area
32information we gather from objects that suggest how they might be used are called what?
- Aaccomodations
- Bvisual cues
- Cinvarient information
- Daffordances
33That the longer you stare at a color, the duller it looks is called what?
- Achromatic adaptation
- Bcolor adaptation
- Cchromatic adjustment
- Dcolor adjustment
34How the eye's lens changes its shape to look at different objects or distances is called what?
- Aadjustment
- Baffordance
- Caccomodation
- Dadaptation
35The area of maximum neural firings on the brain, that can expand and contract depending on what we need to focus on, is called what?
- Aright parahippocampal gyrus
- Bpre-frontal cortex
- Crepresentational maps
- Dreceptive field maps
36Attention is voluntary
- ATrue
- BFalse
37Where is the Human Navigation Network?
- Athe right parahippocampal gyrus and the parietal lobe
- Bthe right hippocampus and the parietal lobe
- Cthe right parahippocampal gyrus and the occipital lobe
- Dthe right hippocampus and the occiptial lobe
38What does the medial superior temporal area respond to?
- Avertical or horizontal movement
- Bgradient flow
- Cinvarient information
- Drightward or leftward movement
39What area of the brain responds to optic flow areas?
- Athe parietal lobe
- Bthe occipital lobe
- Cthe medial superior temporal area
- Dthe pre-motor cortex
40stereoscopic depth perception occurs with what?
- Amovement
- Bwhen images are on perfectly symmetrical corresponding points in both eyes
- Choropsis
- Dwhen there is optic ataxia on both eyes
41theory that cells further down behind the retina work in an opposite manner
- Aopponent process theory
- Bopposing theory
- Cfigure-ground theory
- Dfeature integration theory
42The way a baseball player can move himself to catch a ball on a curve is an example of what?
- Avisual saccades
- Bmotor saccades
- Cmirror saccades
- Dmovement saccades
43J.J. Gibson found that traditional cues for depth did not adequately explain what?
- Ahow pilots could find the runway
- Bhow pilots can land planes on the runway
- Chow pilots could judge their positions relative to the runway
- Dhow pilots could know when to land on the runway
44The area of the brain that helps people reach and grasp for things is called what?
- Aoccipital region
- Boccipital reach region
- Cparietal region
- Dparietal reach region
45What kind of cue cannot be represented in a laboratory condition?
- Avisual
- Bmotor
- Cmovement
- Daudiovisual
46a small area in the center of the the human retina containing only cone receptors is called:
- Aretinal maps
- Bthe cornea
- Cthe fovea
- Dthe horoptor
47where/how things tend to go in the unfolding of an event is called:
- Ascene statistics
- Bscene schemas
- Cstatistical scene
- Dstatistical schema
48How quickly do the eyes move?
- Aapproximately 5x per second
- Bapproximately 3x per second
- Capproximately 4x per second
- Dapproximately 8x per second
49What is it called when you look at an object for 30-60 seconds, and it appears to move
- Aafter effects
- Bmotion after effects
- Cinduced motion
- Dapparent motion
50perception of movement as a cue, related to something else, is called what?
- Agradient flow
- Binduced motion
- Capparent motion
- Doptic flow
51when people go colorblind due to brain damage it is called:
- Aoptic ataxia
- Bcerebral ataxia
- Ccerebral achromatopsia
- Dchromatic ataxia
52what experiment demonstrated trichromatic theory?
- Awhere people were shown shapes that moved around a box a certain way, and then attributed emotional states to them
- Bwhere people were shown 3 different colors, and had to replicate them by turning dials on a box
- Cwhere people were shown different colors, and had to replicate them by turning 3 colored dials on a box
- Dwhere people are shown different colors moving around a box, and had to replicate them with the colors.
53when you don't see something long enough to figure out why it bugs you, it is called what?
- Asubliminal perception
- Bsubliminal messaging
- Csubliminal statistics
- Dperipheral messaging
54Light-from-above-assumption uses bottom- up processing
- ATrue
- BFalse
55scene schemas use top down processing
- ATrue
- BFalse
56Theory that cells further down behind the retina work in an opposite manner is called?
- Atransposing
- Bopposite process theory
- Copponent process theory
- Dcolumns
57When equally spaced objects appear closer together on the horizon it is called:
- Atexture gradient or perspective convergence
- Boccular convergence
- Cgradient flow or optic flow
- Dvisual angles
58What does opponent process theory cause?
- Aafter effects
- Bafter images
- Ccontrast
- Dintensity
59rate and lack of flow are cues that help us comprehend what?
- Adistance
- Bobjects
- Cmovement
- Dspeed
60If all your cones function, you are a what?
- Atrichromat
- Bdichromat
- Cmonochromat
- Dtetrachromat
61Blue and yellow pigment make what, why?
- Awhite, because blue pigments have short wavelengths and yellow pigments have medium and long wavelengths, and pigments are additive
- Bwhite, because blue pigments have short wavelengths and yellow pigments have medium and long wavelengths, and pigments are subtractive
- Cgreen, because blue pigments have short wavelengths and yellow pigments have medium and long wavelengths, and pigments are subtractive
- Dgreen, because blue pigments have short wavelengths and yellow pigments have medium and long wavelengths, and pigments are additive
62what kind of wavelength is white?
- Ashort medium and long
- Bmedium and long
- Cshort and medium
- Dlong
63What wavelengths are red, yellow, green and blue?
- Ared is short, yellow is short and medium, green is medium, blue is long
- Byellow is short, red is short and medium, blue is medium, green is long
- Cgreen is short, blue is short and medium, red is medium, yellow is long
- Dblue is short, yellow is short and medium, green is medium, red is long
64communicates size and distance, something between two points relative to observes eyes
- Asize constancy
- Bsize consistency
- Cvisual angles
- Dvisual saccades
65what gets you prepared for a visual cue?
- Apre-cuing procedure
- Bvisual saccade
- Coccular pre-cue
- Dpre-cuing phase
66What kind of attention is the most effective?
- Adirect attention
- Bfoveal attention
- Cfocal attention
- Dovert attention
67damage to the parietal area of the brain causes what?
- Aoccular ataxia
- Boptic ataxia
- Coccular achromatosis
- Dparietal ataxia
68What part of our brain judges spatial location?
- Amid superior temporal area
- Bsuperior temporal sulcrus
- Cparietal area
- Dpre frontal cortex
69that when you see color under one type of light, it will still appear the same color under another type of light, is called?
- Achromatic consistency
- Bchromatic constancy
- Ccolor constancy
- Dcolor consistency
70what is selective reflection?
- Awhere some colors are absorbed into a substance or object that is translucent, and other colors pass through
- Bwhere some colors are absorbed into a substance or object that is opaque, and other colors pass through
- Cwhere some colors are absorbed into a substance or object that is translucent, and others colors are reflected
- Dwhere some colors are absorbed into a substance or object that is opaque, and other colors are reflected
71signals sent from the brain to the eye muscles to follow motion are called?
- Amotor signals
- Bmotion signals
- Ccorollary discharge signals
- Dimage displacement signals
72that distant objects appear less focused and bluish is:
- Aspatial scene
- Batmospheric stimulus
- Catmospheric pressure
- Dsize constancy
73relative height and positioning are examples of....?
- Aspatial cues
- Bmononocular cues
- Cspatial scenes
- Doccular cues
74What is optic ataxia?
- Awhen people have trouble pinpointing where a visual stimulus is
- Bwhen people cannot perceive motion
- Cwhen people feel motion where there is none
- Dwhen people cannot see color
75when something is partially hidden, it is what?
- Aaccreded
- Boccluded
- Cdeleted
- Drecceded
76what is the line called that goes along the visual field where everything can be seen perfectly with both eyes?
- Ahorizon
- Bstereoptor
- Choroptor
- Dperiphery
77why do researchers not believe there is a color center in the brain?
- Abecause they know it is in the eyes
- Bbecause they know color requires signals from all over the brain
- Cbecause they know it is in the occular region as well as in the pre frontal cortex, which is more than one region of the brain
- Dthat is false, they do believe there is a color center in the brain
78what is blindness to motion called?
- Aachromatosis
- Bakinotopsia
- Cachromatopsia
- Dchromatic akinotopsia
79the closer you are to an object the .... it appears, and the farther away you are from an object the .... it appears.
- Afaster, slower
- Bslower, faster
- Csmaller, larger
- Dblurrier, clearer
80there is flow at the destination point, or straight ahead on the horizon
- ATrue
- BFalse
81that proportions stay relatively the same
- Avisual saccades
- Bmotor saccades
- Csize constancy
- Dsize consistency
82what is stereopsis?
- Athe disparity from the horopsis
- Bhow things are mirrored in opposing parts of each eye
- Chow things are mirrored in identical parts of each eye
- Dwhere something falls on the horoptor line
83the absence of flow at the destination point, or straight ahead on the horizon, is what?
- Agradient flow
- Bfocal point
- Cfoveal point
- Dfocus of expansion
84the distance in speed that occurs based on the location one is from something is called what?
- Aoptic flow
- Bgradient flow
- Cmovement
- Dvisual disparity
85data gathered based on what doesn't move or change, that things proportionally stay the same, is what?
- Ainvarient stimuli
- Bmotor saccades
- Cinvarient information
- Dstimulus salience
86what is the spectrum of visible light to humans?
- A400-1400 nm
- B200-700 nm
- C400-700 nm
- D700-1400 nm
87approximately how many colors can most humans perceive?
- A200
- B700
- C300
- D400
88humans cannot describe the complete spectrum of colors without what "pure" colors?
- Ared, yellow, blue, white
- Bred, yellow, blue, green
- Cred, yellow, blue, black
- Dred, yellow, blue
89movement specific to living creatures is called?
- Aorganic motion
- Borganic movement
- Cbiological motion
- Dbiological movement
90when white is taken away from a color, it is called what?
- Asaturation
- Bintensity
- Cdesaturation
- Ddenaturation
91what are achromatic colors?
- Agrey, white, black, red
- Byellow, blue, red, green
- Cyellow, blue, red
- Dgrey, white, black
92with what type of color is there no selective reflection?
- Ablack
- Bachromatic color
- Cchromatic color
- Dred
93a neural circuit that helps detect motion is called what?
- Areichardt circuit
- Bmotion circuit
- Creichardt detector
- Dmotor detector
94these use excitatory and inhibitory-ness to help us see colors sharply:
- Avisual dominant parietal neurons
- Bcontrasting colors
- Copponent neurons
- Dmirror neurons
95copy of motor signals that is sent to the cortex to make the person aware they are moving are:
- Acorollary discharge signals
- Bcorollary displacement signals
- Cimage displacement signals
- Dimage discharge signals
96information sent to the brain about an image moving around on the retina is:
- Aimage displacement signal
- Bimage discharge signal
- Cinvarient information
- Dcorollary discharge signal
97neurons that help us look around and get to things are
- Aparietal motor dominant neurons
- Bmotor dominant parietal neurons
- Cmotor neurons
- Dparietal neurons
98Perception of movement cannot be explained by what is happening on the retina alone
- ATrue
- BFalse
99The two ends of the visual light spectrum are?
- A400-430 (red) to 650-700 (violet)
- B400-450 (violet) to 630-700 (red)
- C400-450 (red) to 630-700 (violet)
- D400-430 (violet) to 650-700 (red)
100the degree to which things move in the same direction is?
- Acoherence
- Bconstancy
- Cconsistency
- Dcollusion
101what part of the bran does the shortest path constraint activate?
- Amotor dominant parietal cortex
- Bmotor cortex
- Cparietal cortex
- Dparietal reach region
102refers to the idea a person has a certain capacity for a task
- Aperceptual capacity
- Bperceptual load
- Cperceptual identity
- Dperceptual reality
103Damage to the corollary discharge signals causes someone to be unable to perceive movement
- ATrue
- BFalse
104inability to judge distances due to damage to the visual and motor dominant neurons is what?
- Aoccipital ataxia
- Bocular ataxia
- Cparahippocampal ataxia
- Dhippocampal ataxia
105how an object's individual features become bound together is?
- Abinding
- Baperture
- Cbinding problem
- Daperture problem
106attentional capture uses bottom-down processing
- ATrue
- BFalse
107constant, jerky movements of the eye are:
- Avisual saccades
- Bmotor saccades
- Cvisual motion
- Doccular spasms
108the part of the brain that activates when viewing biological motion is?
- Asuperior temporal sulcrus
- Bmid superior temporal area
- Cparietal region
- Dpre-frontal cortex
109Real Motion Neurons respond when the eye is still, not when it is moving
- ATrue
- BFalse
110Visual saccades help a baseball player catch a ball on a curve
- ATrue
- BFalse
111constant physical adjustments relying on flow information to maintain position are called motor saccades
- ATrue
- BFalse
112failure to realize change in a scene, generally because it does have some continuities, is called
- Ainvarient blindness
- Binattentional blindness
- Cchange blindness
- Dinvarient inattention
113how things that are not moving may appear to move, like how alternating lights on a sign may make an arrow appear to move forward
- Aactual motion
- Bapparent motion
- Cillusory motion
- Dinduced motion
114when the motion of one object makes another nearby object that is not moving appear to move, it is called:
- Aactual motion
- Bapparent motion
- Cinduced motion
- Dillusory motion
115theory that we move from pieces to wholes when viewing an object or scene, which is why eyewitness testimony can get messed up
- Aapparent combination
- Baperture
- Cbinding
- Dillusory conjuctions
116how me move around actively and collect data from our environment to interpret it is called?
- Ainvarient information
- Bvisual angles
- Ccomparator theory
- Decological approach
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