If you are exposed to ancient Peruvian art for the first tim

If you are exposed to ancient Peruvian art for the first time and experience some difficulty trying to figure out the meaning and quality of the art, you would be forced to simply examine the specific elements of the art since you do not have any background cultural information to use as a context in understanding the art. This would be an example of

a. left-right processing. b. right-left processing. c. top-down processing. d. bottom-up processing.

Looking at the shirt your friend is wearing causes more activity in your green and red cones than in your blue cones. You are most likely to see the shirt as being

a. blue. b. purple. c. brown. d. yellow.

Elsa and John are watching TV. Elsa is seated on the couch directly in front of the TV. John is seated 10 feet to her right on a chair, and is viewing the TV screen from an angle. Knowing what you know about perception, which of the following is most likely to be true?

a. Elsa and John will perceive the TV screen the same way. b. Elsa will see the screen as a rectangle; to John it will look more triangular. c. Elsa\'s perception of the TV screen will be a bit skewed. The screen will look a bit like a trapezoid to her. d. John\'s perception of the TV screen will be a bit skewed. The screen will look a bit like a trapezoid to him.

Gordy views his pet cat from a distance of three feet and then again from a distance of six feet and finally from nine feet. At which of these distances will the retinal disparity between the images projected onto Gordy\'s right and left retinas be the greatest?

a. three feet b. six feet c. nine feet d. They will be the same.

If an object gradually comes from the periphery to the center of your view, the reason why you would be able detect the object before you knew its color is the greater number of ________ of the retina.

a. cones in the periphery b. rods in the center c. opponent process cells in the periphery d. rods in the periphery

Eyewitnesses to a crime often misidentify the criminal because they fill in gaps in their memory with things they expected to see. This is an example of how ________ can create errors.

a. bottom-up processing b. monocular perceptual cues c. top-down processing d. perceptual constancy

Sue has a head cold, and every time she blows her nose she gets very dizzy. Her dizziness is most likely due to disturbances in her

a. hearing. b. sense of smell. c. vestibular sense. d. kinesthetic sense.

When Leslie goes to the eye doctor, her doctor puts drops in her eyes to dilate her pupils. This drug is a sedative that has its greatest effect on what part of the eye?

a. iris b. sclera c. lens d. cornea

Dr. Mondragon is performing eye surgery on a patient. As Dr. Mondragon views the retina through the patient\'s pupil, what type of cells should he see on the front surface of the retina?

a. cone cells b. horizontal cells c. ganglion cells d. rod cells

Solution

Ques-1:

d. bottom-up processing

Reason: Sensation is going to analyze the sensory information and integrates sensory stimuli so that initial \"bottom-up processing\" is often referred as bringing any information which you have not seen that ever before via sensory processing. For example, in the above case, If you are exposed to ancient Peruvian art for the first time that you have ever seen before and so that \"bottom-up sensory processing experience\" would occur. So that, some difficulty trying to figure out the meaning and quality of the art, you would be forced to simply examine the specific elements of the art since you do not have any background cultural information to use as a context in understanding the art.