people often create mental images, but they seldom use these images in problem solving or other higher mental processes.
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Right now, the words in this sentence are being registered on the retina of your eye. This representation on your retina is called
Question options:sensory memory.the template.the proximal stimulus.the distal stimulus.
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According to the introduction of the chapter on imagery,
Question options:people often create mental images, but they seldom use these images in problem solving or other higher mental processes.students report that they use visual imagery and auditory imagery equally often.psychologists have conducted more research on visual imagery than any other kind of imagery.the first psychologists to pay attention to imagery were the radical behaviorists, in the late 1920s.
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Suppose that you have a mental image of your favorite male actor. If that image is stored in a propositional code, the representation would emphasize
Question options:spatial relationships, including information about angles and lines.a correspondence between the mental imagery and perceptual imagery.a language-like description.spatial relationships for the actor’s general shape, but a language-like description for the details of his face.
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Which of the following statements about object recognition is correct?
Question options:Visual information is first processed in the primary visual cortex, but it is eventually stored in the retina.Only the primary visual cortex is active during object recognition.The primary visual cortex is responsible for identifying complex objects; in contrast, other portions of the brain identify lines and simple shapes.Regions of the cortex beyond the primary visual cortex are active when we identify complex objects.
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What is perception?
Question options:Perception is the immediate registration of information by the sensory receptors.Perception uses previous knowledge to gather and interpret the stimuli registered by the senses.Perception involves only unprocessed sensory information.Perception requires complex problem solving.
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How does mental imagery compare with perception?
Question options:Perception relies exclusively on bottom-up processing.Perception relies exclusively on top-down processing.Mental imagery relies exclusively on bottom-up processing.Mental imagery relies exclusively on top-down processing.
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