COGSCI 200 Midterm Review UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
The assumption that things in the shadows are lighter than Color from shadowing.
sensors detect helps us understand?
Suppose there is a 50% chance a patient has a cold, and a A cold.
50% chance he has bubonic plague. The patient develops
a runny nose, which is very common with colds, but very
rare with the plague. Is it more likely that the patient has a
cold or the plague?
Which of the following statements about the problem of B. The problem of inverse optics involves making an inference from a 3D scene
inverse optics is FALSE? (i.e. a light source and objects in the world) to what 2D pattern of light will end up
A. The problem of inverse optics is underdetermined and on the retina. (this is forward optics)
is therefore
very difficult to solve.
B. The problem of inverse optics involves making an
inference from a
3D scene (i.e. a light source and objects in the world) to
what 2D
pattern of light will end up on the retina.
C. Our perceptual system solves the problem of inverse
optics by using hidden, built-in assumptions about how
the world works.
Which hypothesis would be preferred by the visual B. A white triangle is sitting on top of another triangle and three circles.
system?
A. Three black 'pac men' and six sticks are arranged in the
configuration shown above.
B. A white triangle is sitting on top of another triangle and
three
circles.
Which hidden assumption of the visual system does this B. Things tend to move in a straight line.
illustrate?
A. There is a single, overhead source of light.
B. Things tend to move in a straight line.
C. All points on a moving object are assumed to move in
synchrony.
What claims are made by Brian Scholl in his reading? In the context of visual perception, the data is the 2D retinal image, and the
hypothesis under consideration are the possible 3D scenes in the world that give
rise to that image.
We should think of the perceptual system's hidden assumptions as Bayesian prior
probabilities.
, Because Bayesian inference is not a learning method, False.
Bayesian theories of perception and cognition are NOT
compatible with nativist theories that assume innate
structures and knowledge.
If a person has damage to both the lateral geniculate C. Total blindness.
nucleus and the visual cortex, what would be the most
likely to result from this damage?
A. Normal vision
B. Blindsight
C. Total blindness.
Which term from the Bayes' rule equation corresponds to C. P(scene)
the notion of the perceptual system's built in assumptions
about the properties of the physical world?
A. P (scene | retinal patterns)
B. P (retinal patterns)
C. P (scene)
D. P (retinal patterns | scene)
Which of the follow claims about prosopagnosia are B. It is a selective deficit in processing and recognizing faces that occurs despite
true? otherwise intact visual perception.
A. It stems from damage across multiple cerebral lobes.
B. It is a selective deficit in processing and recognizing
faces that occurs despite otherwise intact visual
perception.
C. Prosopagnosia arises from lesions to a specific part of
the occipital lobe.
What precisely did we learn from the Sugita (2008) D. None of the above
experiment about monkeys raised without exposure to
faces?
A. How exactly faces are processed by control monkeys
and by monkeys deprived of exposure to monkey or
human faces
B. What is innately specified about face processing in
monkeys
C. What the adaptive function of the innately
specified face processing is for baby monkeys
D. None of the above
According to today's reading by Alison Gopnik, 18-month True.
olds, but not 14-month olds, are able to recognize that
other people have preferences that differ from their own.
According to today's reading by Alison Gopnik, babies as True.
young as 8 months old can understand the relation
between a statistical sample and a population.
According to the violation of expectation method, babies True.
look longer at unexpected events than at predictable
ones.
and CORRECT Answers
The assumption that things in the shadows are lighter than Color from shadowing.
sensors detect helps us understand?
Suppose there is a 50% chance a patient has a cold, and a A cold.
50% chance he has bubonic plague. The patient develops
a runny nose, which is very common with colds, but very
rare with the plague. Is it more likely that the patient has a
cold or the plague?
Which of the following statements about the problem of B. The problem of inverse optics involves making an inference from a 3D scene
inverse optics is FALSE? (i.e. a light source and objects in the world) to what 2D pattern of light will end up
A. The problem of inverse optics is underdetermined and on the retina. (this is forward optics)
is therefore
very difficult to solve.
B. The problem of inverse optics involves making an
inference from a
3D scene (i.e. a light source and objects in the world) to
what 2D
pattern of light will end up on the retina.
C. Our perceptual system solves the problem of inverse
optics by using hidden, built-in assumptions about how
the world works.
Which hypothesis would be preferred by the visual B. A white triangle is sitting on top of another triangle and three circles.
system?
A. Three black 'pac men' and six sticks are arranged in the
configuration shown above.
B. A white triangle is sitting on top of another triangle and
three
circles.
Which hidden assumption of the visual system does this B. Things tend to move in a straight line.
illustrate?
A. There is a single, overhead source of light.
B. Things tend to move in a straight line.
C. All points on a moving object are assumed to move in
synchrony.
What claims are made by Brian Scholl in his reading? In the context of visual perception, the data is the 2D retinal image, and the
hypothesis under consideration are the possible 3D scenes in the world that give
rise to that image.
We should think of the perceptual system's hidden assumptions as Bayesian prior
probabilities.
, Because Bayesian inference is not a learning method, False.
Bayesian theories of perception and cognition are NOT
compatible with nativist theories that assume innate
structures and knowledge.
If a person has damage to both the lateral geniculate C. Total blindness.
nucleus and the visual cortex, what would be the most
likely to result from this damage?
A. Normal vision
B. Blindsight
C. Total blindness.
Which term from the Bayes' rule equation corresponds to C. P(scene)
the notion of the perceptual system's built in assumptions
about the properties of the physical world?
A. P (scene | retinal patterns)
B. P (retinal patterns)
C. P (scene)
D. P (retinal patterns | scene)
Which of the follow claims about prosopagnosia are B. It is a selective deficit in processing and recognizing faces that occurs despite
true? otherwise intact visual perception.
A. It stems from damage across multiple cerebral lobes.
B. It is a selective deficit in processing and recognizing
faces that occurs despite otherwise intact visual
perception.
C. Prosopagnosia arises from lesions to a specific part of
the occipital lobe.
What precisely did we learn from the Sugita (2008) D. None of the above
experiment about monkeys raised without exposure to
faces?
A. How exactly faces are processed by control monkeys
and by monkeys deprived of exposure to monkey or
human faces
B. What is innately specified about face processing in
monkeys
C. What the adaptive function of the innately
specified face processing is for baby monkeys
D. None of the above
According to today's reading by Alison Gopnik, 18-month True.
olds, but not 14-month olds, are able to recognize that
other people have preferences that differ from their own.
According to today's reading by Alison Gopnik, babies as True.
young as 8 months old can understand the relation
between a statistical sample and a population.
According to the violation of expectation method, babies True.
look longer at unexpected events than at predictable
ones.
