What is the configural-superiority effect?
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This question assesses the definition of the configural-superiority effect, a specific type of context effect in visual perception.
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Which part of the eye is a clear, protective dome through which light first passes?
What are the two types of photoreceptors found in the retina that are responsible for converting light energy into electrochemical energy?
Approximately how many rods and cones are contained in each human eye?
According to the what-where hypothesis of visual pathways, the ventral pathway is primarily responsible for processing what kind of information?
Which theory of perception posits that the information available in our sensory receptors, including the environmental context, is sufficient for perception without the need for higher cognitive processes?
In the context of feature models of perception, what are the small-scale or detailed aspects of a visual pattern referred to as?
According to Irving Biederman's recognition-by-components (RBC) theory, what is the name for the simple 3-D geometric shapes, such as bricks and cylinders, that we use to recognize objects?
What is the term for the process by which we unconsciously assimilate information from multiple sources to create a perception, according to the constructive perception viewpoint?
What is the name of the overarching law of the Gestalt approach, which posits that we tend to perceive a visual array in the way that most simply organizes it into a stable and coherent form?
Which brain area, located in the temporal lobe, is shown to respond intensely when we look at faces compared to other objects?
What is the term for the perceptual deficit characterized by the inability to recognize faces, which implies damage to the brain's configurational system?
What is the term for the perceptual phenomenon where an object is perceived to maintain the same shape even though the shape of its image on the retina changes?
Depth cues such as texture gradients, relative size, and interposition, which can be observed with just one eye, are collectively known as what?
What is the term for the perceptual deficit associated with damage to the 'how' pathway, resulting in an impaired ability to use vision to guide movement?
What is the only true form of pure color blindness, where individuals have no color vision at all due to nonfunctional cones?
In James Gibson's framework for studying perception, what is the term for the object as it exists in the external world?
When a person's eyes are exposed to a uniform field of stimulation, such as a clear blue sky, they eventually stop perceiving the stimulus and instead see a gray field. What is this phenomenon called?
The 'what-how' hypothesis provides an alternative interpretation of the two main visual pathways. What does this hypothesis suggest the pathways refer to?
In Template Theories of perception, what kind of models are stored in our minds to help us recognize patterns?
What effect describes the finding that participants identify a stimulus at the 'big letter' level more quickly than at the 'small letter' level when the letters are positioned closely together?
In the context of top-down perception, what term describes the influences of the surrounding environment on perception, such as how the letters in 'THE CAT' are interpreted differently?
The perception of a focal figure against a receding, unhighlighted background is a Gestalt principle known as what?
According to Martha Farah's theory, humans have two systems for recognizing patterns. Which system specializes in recognizing larger configurations, and is particularly relevant for recognizing faces?
The expert-individuation hypothesis proposes that the fusiform gyrus is activated when one examines items with which one has what?
What is the term for the perceptual deficit where a person has trouble perceiving sensory information, often caused by damage to the border of the temporal and occipital lobes?
What type of depth cues are binocular disparity and binocular convergence?
What is simultagnosia?
What is the term for the most common type of color blindness, where individuals have difficulty distinguishing red from green?
The what-how hypothesis of visual processing is best supported by evidence from what source?
In the Pandemonium Model of feature matching, which metaphorical 'demons' are responsible for shouting out possible patterns stored in memory that conform to the noticed features?
Which Gestalt principle explains why we tend to perceive smoothly flowing or continuous forms rather than disrupted or discontinuous ones?
What percentage of the ganglion cells from the retina travel to the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus after being routed via the optic chiasma?
What is the term for the representation of an object that is stored independent of its appearance to the viewer, where its shape remains stable across different orientations?
According to research on the Müller-Lyer illusion, which two brain regions are activated when people are asked to judge the length of the lines?
What is the name for the binocular depth cue where your brain interprets the degree of differing images from your two eyes as an indication of distance?
Which photoreceptors are more highly concentrated in the periphery of the retina and are responsible for night vision?
According to studies on face recognition, people have relatively more difficulty recognizing which of the following?
What is the term for the perceptual deficit where a person can see the colors and shapes of objects but cannot recognize what the objects are?
What percentage of collision accidents are a result of missing or delayed perception?
According to the 'what-where' hypothesis, which lobe does the dorsal pathway (the 'where' pathway) ascend toward?
The word-superiority effect indicates that it is easier for people to identify a single letter when it is presented in which context?
Which Gestalt principle is at play when we see groupings of nearby objects?
An experiment by Parron and Fagot (2007) on the Ebbinghaus illusion found a difference in perception between humans and baboons, suggesting what?
Which type of theory describes perceptual approaches where perception starts with the stimuli registered by the eye and is therefore data-driven?
What does research on 'looked-but-failed-to-see' accidents, particularly involving two-wheeled vehicles, suggest about driver perception?
How long, in milliseconds, does it take for mirror neurons to start firing after a visual stimulus?
In the context of James Gibson's framework, what is the term for the stimulation that occurs when information from light waves comes into contact with the sensory receptors of the eyes?