Sensation And Perception Psychology MCQs

Which, if any, of the following is FALSE?

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A. Livingstone and Hubel described actively in a third type of column in V2, where the cells receive converging input from the magno and parvo systems
B. Livingstone and Hubel suggested that some columns in V2 are used for spatial pattern analysis.
C. Quantitative studies have found that perceived depth is reduced in red/green images of the same brightness
D. All are correct

Researchers have tested whether people can learn to use different search strategies by training them. What was the general conclusion based on these research studies?

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A. People can learn different search strategies, but it does not improve performance over all or on tasks where a target is present
B. People cannot shift from serial to parallel processing when targets are present
C. People can learn different search strategies and training does improve performance overall
D. People can learn different search strategies but it does not improve performance over all or on tasks where a target is absent

Which of the following statements are true? 1. On a vernier acuity task, humans can discern the direction of very tiny offsets, but performance deteriorates with practice. 2. Different types of visual search have different behavioural characteristics and depend on different brain regions. 3. Walsh et.al. (1998) suggest that the right parietal lobe may be involved in setting up new templates in the conjunctions of, say, colour and form. 4 All of the above.

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A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 3
D. 4

According to groundbreaking research, how do attentional processes affect perceptual processing of information?

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A. Attention create a parallel processing of all visual input
B. All the visual stimuli fully processed and then attention acts on this information
C. Attentional processes act early to select a small part of visual input to fully process
D. Attention is not a critical component of the processing of visual information