Question 1

Mona has been blind since birth. Which of the following is most likely true about her visual abilities?

Accepted Answer

Studies have shown that individuals who are blind from birth are able to perform mental imagery tasks similar to sighted individuals. While their visual experiences are limited, they are still able to create mental images based on their other senses and spatial knowledge.

Question 2

In a memory experiment, participants were shown a form that could be interpreted in more than one way. Half the participants were told, "Here is a picture of the sun." The other participants were told, "Here is a picture of a ship's steering wheel." Some time later, participants were asked to draw the exact form they had seen earlier. The data indicate that

Accepted Answer

The participants' drawings were biased in a fashion that reflected the labels they had been given earlier. This suggests that the verbal labels influenced their visual memory and perception of the form, leading to a specific interpretation and bias in their subsequent recall.

Question 3

Truly photographic memory is called

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Truly photographic memory is called eidetic imagery.

Question 4

In this chapter, it was suggested that putting your thoughts into imagery can literally shape the flow and sequence of your ideas. What piece of evidence leads to this claim?

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The claim that putting your thoughts into imagery can shape the flow and sequence of your ideas is supported by the evidence that creating an image in your mind causes some objects to be more prominent, and other objects less prominent. This suggests that images can help prioritize and structure thoughts. The other answer choices are not directly related to this claim.

Question 5

Evidence indicates that:

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Question 6

Brian is a person with brain damage who has lost the ability to do most visual tasks, including tasks requiring him to think about an object's color. On the basis of other evidence, it is likely that Brian

Accepted Answer

The question mentions that Brian has lost the ability to do most visual tasks, but does not provide evidence that he has difficulty with spatial tasks. Therefore, it is likely that he may still be able to perform normally on spatial tasks. Option B and D relate to auditory and mental rotation tasks respectively, which are unrelated to Brian's visual impairment. Option C, image scanning, is also a visual task and therefore would not be available to Brian.

Question 7

The text considers various arguments concerning pictures and percepts. According to the text, pictures are

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Question 8

It has been suggested that nodes in long-term memory can represent complete pictures, but this claim is no longer accepted. Which of the following pieces of evidence related to this claim is NOT true?

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This piece of evidence is not true. It is actually the opposite - images containing more detail take longer to create.

Question 9

If you are asked to imagine a three-dimensional cube, like a Necker cube, that is ambiguous with respect to depth, your mental image will be

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Question 10

The text argues that image files in long-term memory

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Question 11

Participants are asked to perform an imagery task while simultaneously keeping track of a visual target (a light that varies in brightness). The visual task will

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The visual task will disrupt the imagery task if it requires visual imagery, but it will not disrupt the task if it can be done with spatial imagery. This is because the two tasks compete for the same visual processing resources. If the imagery task requires visual processing, then the resources needed for the visual task will be taken away from the imagery task, leading to decreased performance. However, if the imagery task can be done with spatial processing, then the visual resources needed for the visual task will not be a problem.

Question 12

_____ imagery is associated with how things look, while _____ imagery is associated with an abstract form or arrangement.

Accepted Answer

Visual imagery is related to how things look, while spatial imagery involves understanding the arrangement or abstract form of objects in space.

Question 13

When imagining an object, it is often difficult to reimagine that object as something else. For example, an ambiguous picture could be interpreted as a duck or a rabbit, but when imagining it, people will see only the duck or the rabbit, not both. Hints such as, "Try thinking about the form from the right," can help people to see both aspects of the image. Why would this hint help?

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Question 14

"Image file" refers to

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An image file refers to descriptive information in long-term memory used as the basis for creating an active image. This means that it is the information that one uses to form a mental image rather than the actual visual appearance itself. Therefore, the best choice is D. The other choices describe different aspects of visual memory but do not accurately define an image file.

Question 15

Hank is an eidetic imager. This means that after viewing an image for a very short amount of time, he will

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Eidetic imagery, also known as photographic memory, involves being able to recall visual information in great detail, often as if it were still present in front of the person. Drawing an image in amazing detail would be a clear demonstration of this ability.

Question 16

Participants' self-reports about their imagery vividness

Accepted Answer

Participants' self-reports about their imagery vividness are correlated with their performance on visual tasks but not with their performance on spatial tasks.

Question 17

Information about an image is stored as a "package" made up of both the perceptual frame of reference and

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Question 18

Researchers have argued that visual images are created by

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Question 19

When asked to determine which city is farther south, Seattle or Montreal, people are likely to mistakenly say "Seattle." This is probably because

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This is likely due to the fact that people rely on their knowledge that the United States is farther south than Canada and Seattle is in the United States. This spatial information is stored in memory in a propositional form rather than an image form, leading to the mistake.

Question 20

Studies of individual differences in mental imagery ability indicate that

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Studies have shown that each individual has his or her own profile of imagery skills, meaning that some people may be good at visual imagery but poor at spatial imagery, while others may be the opposite. Additionally, research has shown no significant difference in visual skills between men and women, refuting option A, and studies have shown that there are individual differences in imagery ability, refuting option B. Option C is also incorrect, as research has shown that individuals who perform well on one imagery task may not necessarily perform well on another.

Quiz 10: Visual Knowledge