An internal type of abstracted pattern used to recognize specific types of external patterns on the basis of a resemblance would be called:
A) an isomorphic model
B) a template
C) a prototype
D) a featural analysis
E) a category
Question 2Geon theory proposes that recognition of an object:
A) precedes size and distance determination
B) depends on a person's grade in high school geometry
C) consists of recognition by components
D) is based upon comparisons with a prototype
E) is determined by a single locus in the right cerebral hemisphere
Question 3The remarkable finding(s) of the Posner, Goldsmith, and Welton study with prototypes was that research participants:
A) were unable to recognize previously seen figures
B) called the delta figure a triangle
C) correctly classified the prototype about as frequently as the original stimulus
D) classified common figures (e.g., the triangle and letter E) better than the uncommon figures
E) classified the prototype correctly as often as originally learned patterns
Question 4Pattern recognition involves a complex interaction between:
A) sensation and emotions
B) Gestalt psychology and cognitive psychology
C) iconic and echoic storage systems
D) sensation and knowledge stored in memory
E) sensation and perception
Question 5Hubel has concluded that the development of cortical codes of perceptual forms was:
A) only part of the visual cortex of cats
B) learned and subject to modification
C) conducted almost exclusively in the retina
D) innate and specific to each cell
E) found only in the parietal lobe
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