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Umich Cogsci 200 Midterm with correct answers 100% The normalizing term is equivalent to? - Correct Answer The total probability of the evidence Which region of the brain is damaged when someone has blindsight? - Correct Answer Primary visual cortexcorrect answers 100% The normalizing term is equivalent to? - Correct Answer The total probability of the evidence Which region of the brain is damaged when someone has blindsight? - Correct Answer Primary visual cortex What region of the brain is damaged when a person experiences total blindness? - Correct Answer Lateral geniculate nucleus and the primary visual cortex Name the four lobes of the brain - Correct Answer See diagram Main thing the temporal lobe does? - Correct Answer Language processing Occipital lobe? - Correct Answer associated with vision, primary visual cortex, damaged with blindsight Cerebellum? - Correct Answer important in coordination What is the meaning of Anterior/rostral? - Correct Answer to the front posterior/caudal? - Correct Answer to the back superior/dorsal? - Correct Answer to the top Inferior/ventral? - Correct Answer to the bottom Lateral - Correct Answer away from midline Medial - Correct Answer towards the midline Fill in the blank for visual processing A→ B→ C→ D - Correct Answer Retina → lateral geniculate nucleus → visual cortex → other cortical regions Which part of visual system is damaged during blindsight? - Correct Answer Visual cortex What are the 5 assumptions of the visual system? - Correct Answer 1. That there is a single, overhead light source 2. That when an object moves into shadow, it is still the same color 3. Objects in motion tend to move in a straight line 4. Objects move in synchronicity (leopard spots) 5. Objects cover and uncover backgrounds as they move What is Bayes rule? - Correct Answer An algorithm that our brain uses to solve the problem of inverse optics What is the given data/ thing we are trying to find the probability of in the inverse optics problem? - Correct Answer We are given a 2D image on our retina, and we discern the probability of a 3D scene What idea does face processing support about brain organization? - Correct Answer That the mind is (at least in part) composed of specialized modules that help solve problems our ancestors once faced What is prosopagnosia? - Correct Answer a disorder of the brain that stems from lesions to the fusiform face area: an inability to recognize faces Where is the fusiform face area located? - Correct Answer In the inferior temporal lobe What did the sugita study imply? - Correct Answer Monkey Faces. Innately-specified specialized processing. We have an innate, computational template that is fine tuned via experience with the world. What is nativism? - Correct Answer the view that knowledge or structure is built in (nature) Anti Nativism? - Correct Answer (empiricist) knowledge comes from nurture, or experience Hybridism? - Correct Answer position is nature AND nurture, we want to be somewhere in between Who said "Babies are designed to learn" ? - Correct Answer Alison Gopnik What is the poverty of stimulus argument? - Correct Answer output isn't wholly explained from what the baby has learned from the environment, so the hybrid approach must be right What are babies at 5 months of age capable of? - Correct Answer Simple arithmetic. 1 doll + 1 doll = 2 dolls What is the violation of expectation method? - Correct Answer Babies look longer at novel or unexpected events more than at predictab What region of the brain is damaged when a person experiences total blindness? - Correct Answer Lateral geniculate nucleus and the primary visual cortex Name the four lobes of the brain - Correct Answer See diagram Main thing the temporal lobe does? - Correct Answer Language processing Occipital lobe? - Correct Answer associated with vision, primary visual cortex, damaged with blindsight Cerebellum? - Correct Answer important in coordination What is the meaning of Anterior/rostral? - Correct Answer to the front posterior/caudal? - Correct Answer to the back superior/dorsal? - Correct Answer to the top Inferior/ventral? - Correct Answer to the bottom Lateral - Correct Answer away from midline Medial - Correct Answer towards the midline Fill in the blank for visual processing A→ B→ C→ D - Correct Answer Retina → lateral geniculate nucleus → visual cortex → other cortical regions Which part of visual system is damaged during blindsight? - Correct Answer Visual cortex What are the 5 assumptions of the visual system? - Correct Answer 1. That there is a single, overhead light source 2. That when an object moves into shadow, it is still the same color 3. Objects in motion tend to move in a straight line 4. Objects move in synchronicity (leopard spots) 5. Objects cover and uncover backgrounds as they move What is Bayes rule? - Correct Answer An algorithm that our brain uses to solve the problem of inverse optics What is the given data/ thing we are trying to find the probability of in the inverse optics problem? - Correct Answer We are given a 2D image on our retina, and we discern the probability of a 3D scene What idea does face processing support about brain organization? - Correct Answer That the mind is (at least in part) composed of specialized modules that help solve problems our ancestors once faced What is prosopagnosia? - Correct Answer a disorder of the brain that stems from lesions to the fusiform face area: an inability to recognize faces Where is the fusiform face area located? - Correct Answer In the inferior temporal lobe What did the sugita study imply? - Correct Answer Monkey Faces. Innately-specified specialized processing. We have an innate, computational template that is fine tuned via experience with the world. What is nativism? - Correct Answer the view that knowledge or structure is built in (nature) Anti Nativism? - Correct Answer (empiricist) knowledge comes from nurture, or experience Hybridism? - Correct Answer position is nature AND nurture, we want to be somewhere in between Who said "Babies are designed to learn" ? - Correct Answer Alison Gopnik

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The normalizing term is equivalent to? - Correct Answer The total probability of the evidence



Which region of the brain is damaged when someone has blindsight? - Correct Answer Primary visual
cortex



What region of the brain is damaged when a person experiences total blindness? - Correct Answer
Lateral geniculate nucleus and the primary visual cortex



Name the four lobes of the brain - Correct Answer See diagram



Main thing the temporal lobe does? - Correct Answer Language processing



Occipital lobe? - Correct Answer associated with vision, primary visual cortex, damaged with blindsight



Cerebellum? - Correct Answer important in coordination



What is the meaning of Anterior/rostral? - Correct Answer to the front



posterior/caudal? - Correct Answer to the back



superior/dorsal? - Correct Answer to the top



Inferior/ventral? - Correct Answer to the bottom



Lateral - Correct Answer away from midline



Medial - Correct Answer towards the midline

, - Correct Answer Ret




Which part of visual system is damaged during blindsight? - Correct Answer Visual cortex



What are the 5 assumptions of the visual system? - Correct Answer 1. That there is a single, overhead
light source

2. That when an object moves into shadow, it is still the same color

3. Objects in motion tend to move in a straight line

4. Objects move in synchronicity (leopard spots)

5. Objects cover and uncover backgrounds as they move



What is Bayes rule? - Correct Answer An algorithm that our brain uses to solve the problem of inverse
optics



What is the given data/ thing we are trying to find the probability of in the inverse optics problem? -
Correct Answer We are given a 2D image on our retina, and we discern the probability of a 3D scene



What idea does face processing support about brain organization? - Correct Answer That the mind is (at
least in part) composed of specialized modules that help solve problems our ancestors once faced



What is prosopagnosia? - Correct Answer a disorder of the brain that stems from lesions to the fusiform
face area: an inability to recognize faces



Where is the fusiform face area located? - Correct Answer In the inferior temporal lobe



What did the sugita study imply? - Correct Answer Monkey Faces. Innately-specified specialized
processing. We have an innate, computational template that is fine tuned via experience with the world.



What is nativism? - Correct Answer the view that knowledge or structure is built in (nature)

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