Chapter 2 discusses a concept in object recognition called the viewer-centered approach. Which of the following students provides the most accurate description of this approach?
a. David: This approach explains how an object appears to be three-dimensional.
b. Javier: This is an adjustment that the visual system makes when the viewer walks closer to an object.
c. Melissa: This is a modification of the recognition-by-components approach, to explain how we perceive an object from an unusual angle.
d. Becca: This is a theoretical approach to perception that explains how each individual assumes that her or his perception is the only accurate representation.
Question 2Bottom-up processing
a. focuses on the contribution of the stimulus to object recognition.
b. emphasizes that we can pay attention to several objects simultaneously.
c. emphasizes that our higher mental processes facilitate object recognition.
d. occurs only after top-down processing has been completed.
Question 3According to the research on the recognition-by-components theory,
a. the theory is especially accurate in its ability to explain how we perceive moving objects.
b. the theory has difficulty explaining how we recognize three-dimensional objects, though it explains how we can perceive letters of the alphabet.
c. the theory primarily applies to the performance of people who have visual deficits.
d. the theory needs to include a mechanism for recognizing objects seen from an unusual point of view, or else it would be inadequate.