Cognition Midterm Questions 1. Max and Tim are debating which early philosopher they most align with. Max states he believes "the mind is nothing without before forming associations" while Tim states he agrees that the "the world reflects our reality." Max's reasonings most aligns with while Tim aligns with a. Pure introspection, Empiricism b. Empiricism, Rationalism c. Rationalism, Pure introspection d. Empiricism, Pure introspection e. Rationalism, Empiricism 2. Pair the most correct association: a. Emotional arousal: skin conductance b. Brain lesions: phrenology c. EEG: radioactive tracer d. Parallelism: Rene Descartes e. Learning impairment: location of brain damage 3. Sienna is standing in front of Max to the right. When asked, Max says he cannot actually see Sienna. When forced to answer, he gets her position right. Max may have a condition that is called which means he has damage to his __ and is unaware of what occurs in his visual field on the side of the damage. a. Synesthesia, Primary visual cortex, opposite b. Blindsight, Visual association area, opposite c. Synesthesia, Primary visual cortex, same d. Blindsight, Visual association area, same e. Blindsight, Primary Visual Cortex, opposite 4. Which of the following statement is false: a. Late visual processing takes place in the occipital lobe b. Photoreceptors in the retina convert light into electrical activity c. Messages from the eyes to the brain expand as they pass though the visual system d. The electrical signal is sent first to bipolar cells and then to ganglion cells e. Rods process low levels of light, while cones process high levels of light
5. Darlene was presented with an image of a cow. When asked to copy the exact image, Darlene's drawing looked like scribbles. The specific form of agnosia Darlene has is and this due to her a. Apperceptive visual agnosia, failure to perceive elements b. Apperceptive visual agnosia, inability to associate visual input with meaning c. Apperceptive visual agnosia, poor motion perception d. Associative visual agnosia, failure to perceive elements e. Associative visual agnosia, inability to associate visual input with meaning 6. When looking at a tonotopic map of the basilar membrane, a frequency most will most likely hit near the of the basilar membrane. a. Low frequency, round window b. High frequency, apex c. High frequency, middle d. High frequency, round window e. Low frequency, apex 7. The pop out effect will work for all following except for: a. Color b. Concepts c. Orientation d. Contrast e. Motion
Short answer: 1. Explain why the statement "perception is an illusion" is either true or false. Perception is an illusion because the information we take is always altered by our visual processing system. Meaning what we think we 'see' is not always in the world, but rather we use assumptions and previous knowledge to guide perception often guided by heuristics and schemas, to guide our perception and make presumptions about the way the world works. The 'Rotating snakes' illusion, is an example of how our perception is actually an illusion. The