COGNITION BINDER READY VERSION 9TH EDITION By MATLIN - Test Bank

Chapter 2: Perceptual Processes I: Visual and Auditory Recognition

2-1.      What is perception?

            a.      Perception is the immediate registration of information by the sensory receptors.

            b.      Perception uses previous knowledge to gather and interpret the stimuli registered by the senses.

            c.      Perception involves only unprocessed sensory information.

            d.      Perception requires complex problem solving.

Answer: b

Section Ref: Overview of Visual Object Recognition

Difficulty: Easy

Objective:  2.1

Objective text: Compare the bottom-up and top-down components of visual object recognition

Bloom’s Level: Knowledge

2-2.      Which of the following students provides the best, most complete definition of the term “perception”?

            a.      Andrew: “Perception refers to the process of converting external stimuli into electrical signals within the nervous system.”

            b.      Marie-France: “Perception refers to the registration of visual information on the retina.”

            c.      Marco: “Perception refers to the mental images we create without any input from the external world.”

            d.      Sarah: “Perception uses our previous knowledge to collect and interpret sensory stimuli.”

Answer: d

Section Ref: Overview of Visual Object Recognition

Difficulty: Hard

Objective: 2.1

Objective text: Compare the bottom-up and top-down components of visual object recognition

Bloom’s Level: Evaluation

2-3. Suppose that you are looking at an object on your desk. Which of the following is the best example of the term perception?

            a.      You combine your previous knowledge, together with the information registered by your eyes.

            b.      You compare this object with a set of geons, to determine the best match.

            c.      Your retina registers the size, shape, and color of this object.

            d.      Information from your retina travels directly to the primary visual cortex and the inferotemporal cortex.

Answer: a

Section Ref: Overview of Visual Object Recognition

Difficulty: Medium

Objective: 2.1

Objective text: Compare the bottom-up and top-down components of visual object recognition

Bloom’s Level: Application

2-4.      According to the introductory discussion about perceptual processes,

            a.      humans have relatively primitive perceptual processes, compared to models created by artificial intelligence.

            b.      although perception appears to be straightforward, it actually requires more cognitive effort than tasks such as problem solving.

            c.      unlike other cognitive tasks, perception requires only bottom-up processing.

            d.      perception requires both information from the stimulus and knowledge about previous perceptual experiences.

Answer: d

Section Ref: Overview of Visual Object Recognition

Difficulty: Medium

Objective: 2.1

Objective text: Compare the bottom-up and top-down components of visual object recognition

Bloom’s Level: Analysis

2-5.      The identification of a complex arrangement of visual stimuli is known as

            a.      sensation.

            b.      recognition by components.

            c.      object recognition.

            d.      connectionism.

Answer: c

Section Ref: Overview of Visual Object Recognition

Difficulty: Easy

Objective: 2.1

Objective text: Compare the bottom-up and top-down components of visual object recognition

Bloom’s Level: Comprehension

2-6.      Which of the following is the best example of object recognition?

            a.      Seeing a particular visual stimulus and mentally rotating it

            b.      Seeing a particular visual stimulus and identifying it as the letter M

            c.      Solving a complex reasoning problem

            d.      Switching your attention from one conversation to another

Answer: b

Section Ref: Overview of Visual Object Recognition

Difficulty: Medium

Objective: 2.1

Objective text: Compare the bottom-up and top-down components of visual object recognition

Bloom’s Level: Application

2-7.      Right now, the words in this sentence are being registered on the retina of your eye. This representation on your retina is called

            a.      sensory memory.

            b.      the template.

            c.      the proximal stimulus.

            d.      the distal stimulus.

Answer: c

Section Ref: Overview of Visual Object Recognition

Difficulty: Medium

Objective: 2.1

Objective text: Compare the bottom-up and top-down components of visual object recognition

Bloom’s Level: Application

2-8.      You are now reading a sentence on an examination. The actual stimulus (the words on the piece of paper) is called

            a.      the distal stimulus.

            b.      the proximal stimulus.

            c.      the geon.

            d.      the template.

Answer: a

Section Ref: Overview of Visual Object Recognition

Difficulty: Medium

Objective: 2.1

Objective text: Compare the bottom-up and top-down components of visual object recognition

Bloom’s Level: Application

2-9.      Suppose that you hear another student turning a page of this exam. The