Psych 304 Bonus Prep Quizzes
1. 1. Which of the following is a viewing position that produces some regularity in the visual image
that is NOT present in the real world?
A. Pose
B. Good Continuation
C. Image Template
D. Accidental Viewpoint
E. Rotation: D. Accidental Viewpoint
2. 2. If you attempt to understand perception by primarily breaking it down into its basic sensory
components, Which philosophical approach are you following?
A. Cognitive
B. Behaviorist
C. Structuralist
D. Gestalt
E. Biological: C. Structuralist
3. 3. Which of the following figure-ground assignment principle is most re- sponsible for
perceiving the yellow portions in the image as "ground"?
A. Parallelism
B. Size
C. Proximity
D. Symmetry
E. Surroundedness: E. Surroundedness
4. 4. In the figure, the border highlighted in the oval is "owned" by
A. the black square
B. the gray background
C. the red oval
D. both the back square and the gray background
E. Neither the back square nor the gray background: A. the black square
5. 5. Figure II is like Figure I in many ways, but you organize it differently. Which gestalt grouping
principle explains why the black part seems separate from the gray part?
A. Good Continuation
B. Symmetry
C. Connectedness
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D. Proximity
E. Similarity: E. Similarity
6. 6. A major problem with template theories of object recognition is
A. We cannot possibly store enough templates in memory to match every object we might
encounter
B. templates are too abstract to be used in object recognition
C. template theories predict that object recognition should usually be view- point dependent, but in
fact recognition has been shown to be viewpoint invariant
D. templates are only useful when recognizing objects from accidental view- points
E. template theories predict that object recognition should usually be view- point invariant, but in
fact recognition has been shown to be viewpoint depen- dent.: A. We cannot possibly store enough
templates in memory to match every object we might encounter
7. 7. Which of the following is a loosely defined stage of visual processing that comes after basic
features have been extracted from the image, and before object recognition and scene
understanding?
A. Easy Vision
B. Mid-level Vision
C. Low-level Vision
D. Sensation
E. High-level Vision: B. Mid-level Vision
8. 8. This Figure depicts (an arrow made of partial circles and li nes)
A. an ambiguous figure
B. an accidental Viewpoint
C. shadow boundaries
D. isoluminant contours
E. illusory contours: E. illusory contours
9. 9. Gestalt Psychologists emphasize that
A. objects and faces are processed via different mechanisms
B. object recognition is view-based
C. the visual system must assume that objects are viewed from generic viewpoints
D. a percept is nothing more than the sum of its sensory elements
1. 1. Which of the following is a viewing position that produces some regularity in the visual image
that is NOT present in the real world?
A. Pose
B. Good Continuation
C. Image Template
D. Accidental Viewpoint
E. Rotation: D. Accidental Viewpoint
2. 2. If you attempt to understand perception by primarily breaking it down into its basic sensory
components, Which philosophical approach are you following?
A. Cognitive
B. Behaviorist
C. Structuralist
D. Gestalt
E. Biological: C. Structuralist
3. 3. Which of the following figure-ground assignment principle is most re- sponsible for
perceiving the yellow portions in the image as "ground"?
A. Parallelism
B. Size
C. Proximity
D. Symmetry
E. Surroundedness: E. Surroundedness
4. 4. In the figure, the border highlighted in the oval is "owned" by
A. the black square
B. the gray background
C. the red oval
D. both the back square and the gray background
E. Neither the back square nor the gray background: A. the black square
5. 5. Figure II is like Figure I in many ways, but you organize it differently. Which gestalt grouping
principle explains why the black part seems separate from the gray part?
A. Good Continuation
B. Symmetry
C. Connectedness
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D. Proximity
E. Similarity: E. Similarity
6. 6. A major problem with template theories of object recognition is
A. We cannot possibly store enough templates in memory to match every object we might
encounter
B. templates are too abstract to be used in object recognition
C. template theories predict that object recognition should usually be view- point dependent, but in
fact recognition has been shown to be viewpoint invariant
D. templates are only useful when recognizing objects from accidental view- points
E. template theories predict that object recognition should usually be view- point invariant, but in
fact recognition has been shown to be viewpoint depen- dent.: A. We cannot possibly store enough
templates in memory to match every object we might encounter
7. 7. Which of the following is a loosely defined stage of visual processing that comes after basic
features have been extracted from the image, and before object recognition and scene
understanding?
A. Easy Vision
B. Mid-level Vision
C. Low-level Vision
D. Sensation
E. High-level Vision: B. Mid-level Vision
8. 8. This Figure depicts (an arrow made of partial circles and li nes)
A. an ambiguous figure
B. an accidental Viewpoint
C. shadow boundaries
D. isoluminant contours
E. illusory contours: E. illusory contours
9. 9. Gestalt Psychologists emphasize that
A. objects and faces are processed via different mechanisms
B. object recognition is view-based
C. the visual system must assume that objects are viewed from generic viewpoints
D. a percept is nothing more than the sum of its sensory elements
