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According to the gestalt psychology approach to visual perception, a) we first extract the template, and then later we extract the geon.b) we tend to see well-organized patterns, rather than random-looking stimuli. c) the distal stimulus is more important than the proximal stimulus. d) when we look at an object for the first time, we see a random arrangement of stimuli.
Neuroscience research has been conducted on the response of individual neurons to lines that have different orientations. The results of this research are most compatible with the _______________ approach to object recognition. a) parallel distributed processingb) feature-analysis c) template d) recognition-by-components
What can help overcome the tip of the tongue?
What is the best source of information to validify an intelligence test ?
What area of the brain is not fully developed until after 3 years of age ?
What transfers information from sensory memory to short - term memory ?
What part of the brain is involved with motor learning?
What type of intelligence is most important when answering trivia questions ?
EP, whom Foer termed "the most forgetful man in the world", has problems with all of the following forms of memory EXCEPT:
How did Wade, Garry, Read, and Lindsay (2002) implant false memories in their participants in their hot air balloon study?
Jason is shown a list of words, one of which is "college". He then is prompted to say the first word that comes to mind that starts with "col" and actually reports "college". This best exemplifies:
Geraerts et al. (2007) study demonstrated that we should be very careful and suspect of claims of childhood sexual abuse when they were:
Discuss ethical considerations relevant to using a cognitive approach to understand the reliability of cognitive processes.
In False Memories ZAP, the classic Loftus car crash study is discussed. Which of these is NOT one of the forms of memory distortion that Loftus cites as reasons people falsely remember seeing glass?
According to Hyman, what is the part of our cognition that is the culprit in suggested memories?
Discuss the use of one or more research method using the cognitive approach to understand cognitive processing.
In the patient PN, who lost 19 years of memories, what area of the brain was active when he looked at photographs from those 19 years?
What explanation did Schacter give for the improved performance on the DRM paradigm when pictures of each of the words in the list were shown?
What is the term used by psychologists for the linking process of gluing together the various components of an experience into an unitary whole?
Which of these is NOT true of the Fells Acres children, who made accusations of horrible abuse?