1. The visual pathway is critical for object recognition, whereas the critical for motion perception. pathway is A. Dorsal, ventral B. Primary visual cortex, visual association area C. Ventral, dorsal D. Visual association area, fusiform face area 2. What is the visual analogue of the auditory grouping effect based on separation in time? A. Gestalt principle of similarity B. Gestalt principle of good contour C. Gestalt principle of closed forms D. Gestalt principle of proximity 3. The morning after the freezing rain last night, you are in a rush to make it on time for your Cognition lecture. You watch your steps carefully so as not to step on ice and to keep on the drier side of the pavement. According to Gibson, what aspect of your visual environment are you paying close attention to? A. Gradient of texture density of snow B. Topological breakages between patches of snow and ice C. Optic flow field of the light reflected off snow D. Ambient optical array of the morning sun 4. Pick the odd one. A. Template matching theory B. Gibson's passive recognition theory C. Prototype recognition theory D. Selfridge's Pandemonium recognition theory 5. The cocktail party effect exemplifies A. Attention capture B. Shadowing task C. Endogenous shift of attention D. Inhibition of return 6. Mind wandering is A. Entirely disadvantageous since it procures a switch cost B. Can be beneficial since it increases multimodal associations in the brain C. Shown to increase the number of creative responses people give in problem-solving tasks D. Not possible when overt attention takes place
7. Being the engaged student that you are, you pay attention to all the questions that are raised by your fellow peers in lectures. However, last class, you found it hard to be attentive to your peer, Jayne, when another student started asking a question while Jayne was still speaking. How could you make sense of this attention-related mishap? A. Underload view, because you got bored of the questions people were asking B. Attentional blink, because you didn't have time at the end of a question to replenish your attentional resources for the next question C. Spotlight view of attention, because you were particularly interested in that one question only D. Embodied attention, because the person who asked the question was right in front of you 8. Continuity errors in movies are an example of A. Change blindness B. Covert attention C. Overt attention D. Divided attention
Answers: C, D, B, B, A, C, B, A