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About NPTEL () Due on 2024-02-07, 23:59 IST.

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Assignment submitted on 2024-02-07, 23:22 IST
All questions are compulsory.
Week 0: Prerequisite () Marks [1x10= 10]

Week 01: History and

1) Which of the following represents a good example of a proximal stimulus? 1 point
Research Methods of
Cognitive Psychology () a book on a shelf
a tree in your yard
Week 02: Object a building on the horizon
Perception and
the retinal image formed by a tree
Recognition ()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Lec 1 : Perception:Basic Score: 1
Principles (unit? Accepted Answers:
unit=24&lesson=25) the retinal image formed by a tree

Lec 2 : Models of 2) Subjective contours are thought to: 1 point

Perception-01 (unit?
unit=24&lesson=26) be the result of simplifying a complex display.
occur only with the perceiver’s awareness of the process.
Lec 3 : Models of
require no active participation on the perceiver’s part.
Perception-02 (unit?
unit=24&lesson=27) require both awareness and active participation.

Text Notes (unit?

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
unit=24&lesson=28)
Accepted Answers:
Week 02:Feedback form be the result of simplifying a complex display.
(unit?unit=24&lesson=29)
3) A stencil provides a good analogy for the theory of: 1 point
Quiz: Assignment 2
(assessment?name=114) prototype matching.
template matching.
Week 03: Attentional good continuation.
Processes and featural analysis.
Cognition ()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 04: Memory Accepted Answers:
Introduction () template matching.

Week 05: Long Term 4) When we use knowledge of objects to aid in our perception of them, we are using ______. 1 point
Memory () the “where” pathway
bottom-up processing
Week 06: Memory of
top-down processing
General Knowledge ()
sensations

Week 07: Concept Yes, the answer is correct.

Formation () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
top-down processing
Week 08: Visual and
Spatial Memory () 5) You come home, and your house is a mess. The garbage is spilled all over the kitchen, there are rolls of toilet paper strewn about, and 1 point
all of your decorative trinkets are broken on the floor, but nothing is missing. Your dog and cat are sitting calmly in the middle of the mess.
Week 09: Human According to the principle of Pragnanz, what would you assume caused the mess?
Language Skills ()
an earthquake
Week 10: Thought a robber
Process and Problem your cat and dog
Solving () your neighbor’s child
Week 11: Reasoning () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 12: Decision
your cat and dog
Making ()
6) When making a decision, we are likely to weigh all of the possible choices we could make. This is most similar to the concept of 1 point
Live Sessions () ______ in perception.

top-down processing
closure
proximity
affordances

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
affordances

7) __________ are to visual perception what phonemes are to language, according to Biederman. 1 point

Receptors
Retinas
Distal stimuli
Geons

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Geons

8) In David Marr’s model of vision, which stage of the process incorporates primarily bottom-up knowledge? 1 point

the primal sketch

the 2 ½ D sketch
the 3-D sketch
both the primal sketch and the 2 ½ D sketch

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
both the primal sketch and the 2 ½ D sketch

9) Which of the following explains the phenomenon of reversible images the best 1 point

figure-ground organization.
size constancy.
dimensionality.
retinal imagery.

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
figure-ground organization.

10) The meaningful interpretation of a proximal stimulus is called the: 1 point

percept.
sensation.
distal stimulus.
illusion.

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
percept.