Memory and Perception

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The systematic study of the relation between the physical characteristics of stimuli and the sensations they produce is called
psychophysics
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An important principle of signal detection theory is that detection of any stimulus requires that we discriminate between __________ and __________ 

signal;noise
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The human retina contains two types of photoreceptors; they are
rods and cones
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The chemosenses are our senses of:
taste and smell
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Unlike information from other sensory modalities, olfactory information is sent directly to the
limbic system
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The Gestalt principle which states that elements that are positioned closely together as a group will be perceived as belonging together is the __________ principle
proximity
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Bottom up processing is to ___ as top down processing is to ______
data-driven, context driven
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A series of studies by Perrett et al. has demonstrated that percieved facial attractiveness is related to having a(n)
thinner jaw
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Stereopsis occurs because
each eye recieves a slightly different image of the visual scene
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The top of a convex object appears light coloured while the bottom appears darker. Thus, our visual system appears to interpret this object as if it were illuminated from above. The cue to depth at work in this context is
shading
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The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that
language can determine thought
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If you wanted to make a white card look whiter you would place it
on a grey background
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Tootell et al (1995) asked people to watch a series of concentric rings moving outwards. When the rings suddenly stopped moving ppts. reported seeing:
continued movement in an inward direction
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It is possible to create the illusion of movement by alternately turning on and off two small lights in a darkened room. This apparent movement of the light between two positions is called the
phi phenomenon
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The type of memory that has the shortest duration is called ------ memory
sensory
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According to Baddeley, the capacity of the phonological loop is determined by how much information an individual can rehearse in....
2 seconds
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The primacy effect occurs because the words presented earlier in a list of words...
have more opportunity to be rehearsed than words later in the list
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The outcome of the Graf and Mandler study showed that:
explicit memory, but not implicit memory is affected by shallow and deep processing of information
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People in Godden and Baddeley's study who learned lists of words underwater:
recalled the words better underwater
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One of the stories used in the study by Bartlett (1932) is called
the war of the ghosts
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You are experiencing a great deal of difficulty learning your new telephone number. The number you keep remembering is your old one. The recall for your new number is impaired by
proactive interference
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Following the case of Daubert vs Merrell Dow Pharamaceuticals Inc (1993), a new ruling in the US stated that ___ would be responsible for determining the relevance, validity and reliability of scientific evidence in court
judges
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The removal of part of H.M's temporal lobe seems to have interfered with his _____ memory but not with his _____ memory
explicit, implicit
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An important principle of signal detection theory is that detection of any stimulus requires that we discriminate between __________ and __________ 


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signal;noise

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The human retina contains two types of photoreceptors; they are

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The chemosenses are our senses of:

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Unlike information from other sensory modalities, olfactory information is sent directly to the

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